In fact, the UCI and other researchers behind the journal's articles found very little evidence of crime increasing as a result of the new policy. "We've seen no appreciable uptick in assaults, rapes or murders that can be connected to the prisoners who were released under realignment," said Kubrin, professor of criminology, law & society at UCI. "This is not surprising, of course, because these offenders were eligible for release precisely because of the nonviolent nature of their crimes."