PORTLAND – Crime directly impacted one out of every three adults in the state of Maine in 2021, accordingly to the 2022 Maine Crime Victimization Report released by the University of Southern Maine’s Survey Research Center and Maine Statistical Analysis Center (SAC)....
The State of Maine Victim Needs Assessment (VSNA), completed by the University of Southern Maine’s Catherine Cutler Institute, documents concerns about the unmet needs of crime victims in Maine. Specifically, people of color are more likely to experience almost every...
In a just-released report, co-authored by the University of Southern Maine’s Catherine Cutler Institute and Northeastern University’s Institute on Race and Justice in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, researchers found no evidence that demonstrates...
Hannah Brintlinger, Research Analyst with the Maine Statistical Analysis Center at USM’s Catherine Cutler Institute, was interviewed about the recent release of the 2022 Bias and Hate Crimes Report. Watch the news coverage and interview.
The Maine Statistical Analysis Center (SAC) worked with several criminal justice stakeholders across the state to determine arrest rates and outcomes for hate and bias crimes in Maine that were reported by law enforcement to the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI)...
A report on the use of sexual assault kits in Maine, by the University of Southern Maine’s Cutler Institute for Health and Social Policy on behalf of the Maine Coalition Against Sexual Assault (MECASA), has received the Douglas Yearwood National Publication Award from...
