Archived News and Announcements

The Robina Institute of Criminal Law and Criminal Justice publishes a quarterly newsletter that includes information on events, news about faculty and staff, new publications, and more.

Robina News: December 2019

• Robina Institute Joins National Challenge to Increase Probation Success and Protect Public Safety
• The Robina Institute Completes Multi-Year Project to Document How Parole Works in 34 States
• Richard Frase and Julian Roberts Release New Book, "Paying for the Past: The Case Against Prior Record Sentence Enhancements"

Robina News: August 2019

• Robina Institute Awarded Over $800K for New Project to Assist the Courts
• Executive Director Kelly Mitchell Appointed Chair of the Minnesota Sentencing Guidelines Commission
• New Publication: Levers of Change in Parole Release and Revocation

Robina News: May 2018

• Robina Institute and Hennepin County Awarded HUP Grant
• Dr. Ed Rhine honored at APAI
• New Report: Parole Project Team Provides Technical Assistance to the Kansas Prisoner Review Board

Robina News: March 2018

• New Sentencing Guidelines Profile: Model Penal Code: Sentencing
• Campaign to End Juvenile Life Without Parole Recap
• Probation Revocations from All Sides: Probation, Prosecution, and Defense Considerations Recap
• New Publication: Profiles in Parole Release and Revocation: Nevada

Robina News: October 2017

• Grand Challanges Award
• Sentencing Guidelines Resource Center Redesign
• New Publication: Sentencing Commissions and Guidelines By the Numbers
• Read the Robina Blog
• Conference Recap: Ferguson as a Case Study in Persuasion

Robina News: May 2017

Robina News: December 2016

• New Publications in Probation Revocation: Hennepin County
• New Publications in Parole Release & Revocation: Legal Profiles
• 2016 Annual Conference Recap

Robina News: August 2016

• New Report: The Continuing Leverage of Release Authorities
• New Policy Brief: Comparing Criminal History Enhancements
• New Articles on the Sentencing Guidelines Resource Center