Interesting reports from the Wisconsin Sentencing Commission

In the fledgling days of this blog, before Blakely came along, I was trying to make a habit of periodically highlighting the interesting and important sentencing research and analysis being done by state commissions and agencies. (See, for example, early posts spotlighting materials from Alabama, from Alaska, and from Oklahoma.)

An e-mail I received today about two new reports from the Wisconsin Sentencing Commission suggested I should get back into this practice.  The new Wisconsin reports are this summary of recent focus groups conducted with state judges concerning substance abuse treatment, and this semi-annual report examining burglary sentencing in Wisconsin.  Of perhaps even broader interest to a broader audience, this webpage on the Commission’s site collects materials and links to a broad array of research on various issues of concern to state criminal justice and sentencing systems.