Capitol Planning Commission 2012 Annual Report

This 2012 Annual Report further summarizes the work of the Commission during the last year and provides planning recommendations for the future of the Capitol Complex. Please note that Iowa Code Chapter 8A.373 provides that before any physical changes are made to the state capitol complex "it shall be the duty of the officers, commissions, and councils charged by law with the duty of determining such questions to call upon" the Capitol Planning Commission for advice. The Capitol Planning Commission members, as well as DAS Staff, welcome the opportunity to discuss future projects at the request of any legislator.

New Violence Risk Assessment Aids Parole and Offender Programming Decisions, Data Download, Department of Corrections

In recent years, the Department of Corrections has made major strides in assessing offenders’ risk to reoffend, particularly in measuring changes in that risk over time. Earlier this year, the DOC worked with the Board of Parole to develop a risk assessment that focuses on assessing offenders’ risk to commit violent crimes.

Tracking Needs of Prison Releasees, Data Download, Iowa Department of Corrections, February 2013, Corrections, Department of

DOC Research Director Lettie Prell recently compiled the calendar year 2012 data for offender releases from prison to community supervision in Iowa. Analyzes such as these help the Iowa Corrections system in identifying where the most reentry resource need is; what offender programming is most in demand; and which culturally-sensitive supervision and culturally-specific programming is prescribed.

GED Completion Reduces Recidivism, Data Download, Iowa Department of Corrections, January 2013, Corrections, Department of

During 2011, the Iowa Department of Corrections analyzed the impact that attaining a GED has on recidivism – specifically, three-year return-to-prison rate. For those inmates who have a low or moderate risk level (as measured by the LSI-R assessment tool), attaining a GED does not tend to reduce the return-to-prison rate. However, attaining a GED does tend to reduce the rate for higher risk offenders.

The Compendium of Scheduled Violations and Scheduled Fines, July 2013

This Compendium of Scheduled Violations and Scheduled Fines is designed and published by the Iowa Department of Public Safety and the Department of Natural Resources. It is intended for the use of all courts, law enforcement officers and agencies of the State of Iowa. The cost of this publication is paid out of the budget of the Department of Public Safety and the Department of Natural Resources.

Final Report on the Portable Computerized Assessments of Sleepy Drivers in Operational Environments, June 29, 2011

Excessive daytime sleepiness underpins a large number of the reported motor vehicle crashes. Fair and accurate field measures are needed to identify at-risk drivers who have been identified as potentially driving in a sleep deprived state on the basis of erratic driving behavior. The purpose of this research study was to evaluate a set of cognitive tests that can assist Motor Vehicle Enforcement Officers on duty in identifying drivers who may be engaged in sleep impaired driving. Currently no gold standard test exists to judge sleepiness in the field. Previous research has shown that Psychomotor Vigilance Task (PVT) is sensitive to sleep deprivation. The first goal of the current study was to evaluate whether computerized tests of attention and memory, more brief than PVT, would be as sensitive to sleepiness effects. The second goal of the study was to evaluate whether objective and subjective indices of acute and cumulative sleepiness predicted cognitive performance. Findings showed that sleepiness effects were detected in three out of six tasks. Furthermore, PVT was the only task that showed a consistent slowing of both ‘best’, i.e. minimum, and ‘typical’ responses, median RT due to sleepiness. However, PVT failed to show significant associations with objective measures of sleep deprivation (number of hours awake). The findings indicate that sleepiness tests in the field have significant limitations. The findings clearly show that it will not be possible to set absolute performance thresholds to identify sleep-impaired drivers based on cognitive performance on any test. Cooperation with industry to adjust work and rest cycles, and incentives to comply with those regulations will be critical components of a broad policy to prevent sleepy truck drivers from getting on the road.

« Genealogie de Bourbon », et histoire des accroissements territoriaux de cette famille, par ETIENNE LEBLANC.

Au fol. 5, miniature dans laquelle l'auteur est représenté offrant son ouvrage à Louise de Savoie. Ce volume, pour l'ornementation comme pour l'écriture, semble être de la même main que celui qui porte le n° 5715. Elle a été composée sur la demande de Louise de Savoie, ainsi que l'auteur le déclare dans sa dédicace (fol. 5). Elle commence (fol. 1) avant cette dédicace par : « Pour plus facillement entendre le contenu en ce present livre, au commencement d'iceluy ay mys ceste presente genealogie de la maison de Bourbon. Monsieur sainct Loys, roy de France... » et finit (fol. 30) par : «... esquelz escriptz toute foy doit estre adjoustée ». La seconde partie de l'ouvrage (fol. 23-30) est consacrée à saint Louis : « Probation que monseigneur sainct Loys ne destruisit point le royaume pour le sainct voyaige qu'il feist oultre mer ». L'auteur pour justifier saint Louis d'avoir ruiné le royaume pour le payement de sa rançon, lors de sa première croisade, énumère (fol. 23-24) les reliques acquises par ce roi, donne, en passant (fol. 24-25), les noms des « roys de France qui ont été en Terre saincte », indique (fol. 25-26) à combien monta la rançon de saint Louis, et montre qu'elle ne fut pas disproportionnée eu égard au temps et à la qualité du prisonnier du Soudan ; passe ensuite en revue (fol. 26-27) les églises et hôpitaux fondés après le payement de cette rançon par le saint roi, sans avoir recours à aucune taille, aide ni subside ; montre (fol. 27-28) que saint Louis ne fit jamais de monnaie de cuir et que c'est longtemps après son décès que les gabelles (fol. 28-29) furent établies. En dernier lieu, il parle (fol. 29-30) de la canonisation de saint Louis, proclamée en 1297 par les soins et aux frais de Philippe le Bel son petit-fils. Miniature, encadrement, lettres ornées.

« Genealogie de Bourbon », et histoire des accroissements territoriaux de cette famille, par ETIENNE LEBLANC.

Au fol. 5, miniature dans laquelle l'auteur est représenté offrant son ouvrage à Louise de Savoie. Ce volume, pour l'ornementation comme pour l'écriture, semble être de la même main que celui qui porte le n° 5715. Elle a été composée sur la demande de Louise de Savoie, ainsi que l'auteur le déclare dans sa dédicace (fol. 5). Elle commence (fol. 1) avant cette dédicace par : « Pour plus facillement entendre le contenu en ce present livre, au commencement d'iceluy ay mys ceste presente genealogie de la maison de Bourbon. Monsieur sainct Loys, roy de France... » et finit (fol. 30) par : «... esquelz escriptz toute foy doit estre adjoustée ». La seconde partie de l'ouvrage (fol. 23-30) est consacrée à saint Louis : « Probation que monseigneur sainct Loys ne destruisit point le royaume pour le sainct voyaige qu'il feist oultre mer ». L'auteur pour justifier saint Louis d'avoir ruiné le royaume pour le payement de sa rançon, lors de sa première croisade, énumère (fol. 23-24) les reliques acquises par ce roi, donne, en passant (fol. 24-25), les noms des « roys de France qui ont été en Terre saincte », indique (fol. 25-26) à combien monta la rançon de saint Louis, et montre qu'elle ne fut pas disproportionnée eu égard au temps et à la qualité du prisonnier du Soudan ; passe ensuite en revue (fol. 26-27) les églises et hôpitaux fondés après le payement de cette rançon par le saint roi, sans avoir recours à aucune taille, aide ni subside ; montre (fol. 27-28) que saint Louis ne fit jamais de monnaie de cuir et que c'est longtemps après son décès que les gabelles (fol. 28-29) furent établies. En dernier lieu, il parle (fol. 29-30) de la canonisation de saint Louis, proclamée en 1297 par les soins et aux frais de Philippe le Bel son petit-fils. Miniature, encadrement, lettres ornées.

Diagnostic Tools for Identifying Sleepy Drivers in the Field, RB21-012, 2013

The overarching goal of this project was to identify and evaluate cognitive and behavioral indices that are sensitive to sleep deprivation and may help identify commercial motor vehicle drivers (CMV) who are at-risk for driving in a sleep deprived state and may prove useful in field tests administered by officers. To that end, we evaluated indices of driver physiognomy (e.g., yawning, droopy eyelids, etc.) and driver behavioral/cognitive state (e.g. distracted driving) and the sensitivity of these indices to objective measures of sleep deprivation. The measures of sleep deprivation were sampled on repeated occasions over a period of 3.5-months in each of 44 drivers diagnosed with Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) and 22 controls (matched for gender, age within 5 years, education within 2 years, and county of residence for rural vs. urban driving). Comprehensive analyses showed that specific dimensions of driver physiognomy associated with sleepiness in previous research and face-valid composite scores of sleepiness did not: 1) distinguish participants with OSA from matched controls; 2) distinguish participants before and after PAP treatment including those who were compliant with their treatment; 3) predict levels of sleep deprivation acquired objectively from actigraphy watches, not even among those chronically sleep deprived. Those findings are consistent with large individual differences in driver physiognomy. In other words, when individuals were sleep deprived as confirmed by actigraphy watch output they did not show consistently reliable behavioral markers of being sleep deprived. This finding held whether each driver was compared to him/herself with adequate and inadequate sleep, and even among chronically sleep deprived drivers. The scientific evidence from this research study does not support the use of driver physiognomy as a valid measure of sleep deprivation or as a basis to judge whether a CMV driver is too fatigued to drive, as on the current Fatigued Driving Evaluation Checklist.. Fair and accurate determinations of CMV driver sleepiness in the field will likely require further research on alternative strategies that make use of a combination of information sources besides driver physiognomy, including work logs, actigraphy, in vehicle data recordings, GPS data on vehicle use, and performance tests.

Family Violence Prevention Program Shows Promise, August 2013. Corrections, Department of

CJJP found that for 2011, prison releasees who had gone throught the revamped MIFVPP were significantly less likely to be convicted of a violent assault on release from prison.

State of Iowa Juvenile Delinquency Annual Statistical Report, 2006

The Iowa Juvenile Court Services Offices are issuing their fourth annual statewide report. The the Iowa Division of Criminal and Juvenile Justice Planning (CJJP). This report would not be possible without the dedication of, and assistance from, all of the above-mentioned people. The eight Chief Juvenile Court Officers would like to take this opportunity to thank their staff for their dedication and their ability to enter accurate information on every youth referred to Juvenile Court Services; the staff at the Iowa Court Information System, without whom this report would not be possible; and CJJP for their maintenance of the Iowa Justice Data Warehouse and their support in preparing this document.

State of Iowa Juvenile Delinquency Annual Statistical Report, 2007

The Iowa Juvenile Court Services Offices are issuing their fourth annual statewide report. The the Iowa Division of Criminal and Juvenile Justice Planning (CJJP). This report would not be possible without the dedication of, and assistance from, all of the above-mentioned people. The eight Chief Juvenile Court Officers would like to take this opportunity to thank their staff for their dedication and their ability to enter accurate information on every youth referred to Juvenile Court Services; the staff at the Iowa Court Information System, without whom this report would not be possible; and CJJP for their maintenance of the Iowa Justice Data Warehouse and their support in preparing this document.

Statewide Process and Comparative Outcomes Study of 2003 Iowa Adult and Juvenile Drug Courts, August 2009

A statewide evaluation of the six adult and three juvenile drug courts in operation during calendar year 2003 was conducted. Completion rates, recidivism, substance abuse treatment, and supervision and placement (juveniles only) costs were examined by model (Judge and Community Panel) and by Judicial District. In addition, adult drug court participants were compared with a group of offenders who were screened and declined or were rejected by drug court in 2003 (referred) and a sample of offenders starting probation in 2003 (probationer). The adult participant and comparison groups were tracked from their entry into drug court, or the study, through December 31, 2007. This yielded an average post-program follow-up time of almost 3 years (2.9) for drug court participants. For the juvenile portion, drug court participants were compared with a group matched on several demographic and offense variables (Matched Comparison group) and juveniles referred to drug court who did not enter the program (Referred Comparison group). The juvenile participant and comparison groups were tracked from their entry into drug court, or the study, through approximately 16 quarters after program discharge with an end date of December 31, 2007.

Recidivism Among Iowa Probationers, July 2005

A study was conducted examining recidivism of offenders released to probation in Iowa between July 1, 2001 and September 30, 2001 (i.e., the first quarter of State FY2002). These offenders were tracked for varying periods of time due to differing times of release; the average time at risk for the cohort was 967 days.