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Box Set: Evidence-Based Principles for Reducing Offender Risk

Since 2002, NIC and the Crime and Justice Institute have worked to develop processes and tools to assist state and local jurisdictions implement successful practices to reduce offender risk. Efforts at four project sites (Maine; Illinois; Orange County, CA; and Maricopa County, AZ) have resulted in an implementation framework that applies evidence-based principles for corrections, as well as other components and stakeholders of the justice system.
Experiences at these project sites has made it clear that officials from all system components and stakeholders involved with offenders as they move through the system need practical information regarding the basic research principles of risk reduction. The "Box Set" is a collection of documents targeted to:
  • Community corrections agencies
  • Practitioners and treatment providers of intervention programs
  • Pretrial services
  • Judiciary
  • Criminal prosecutors
  • Criminal defense
  • Jails and detention facilities
  • Prisons

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2009

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Implementing Evidence-Based Policy and Practice in Community Corrections: Second Edition
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2008

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Effective Clinical Practices in Treating Clients in the Criminal Justice System
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2007

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Legal and Evidence Based Practices: Application of Legal Principles, Laws, and Research to the Field of Pretrial Services
"[C]ritical legal principles applicable to defendants during the pretrial stage" are covered (p.3). Sections of this paper are: introduction and background; pretrial legal foundation -- presumption of innocence, right to counsel, right against self-... Read More
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2007

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Evidence-Based Practice to Reduce Recidivism: Implications for State Judiciaries
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2008

NIC Publication
Using Research to Promote Public Safety: A Prosecutor's Primer on Evidence-Based Practice
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2008

NIC Publication
Evidence-Based Practices and Criminal Defense: Opportunities, Challenges, and Practical Considerations
Guidance is provided to criminal defense attorneys concerning the use of evidence-based practices (EBP). Sections of this report include: executive summary; introduction; principles of EBP; the role of defense counsel as advocate in an EBP criminal ... Read More
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2008

NIC Publication
Our System of Corrections: Do Jails Play a Role in Improving Offender Outcomes?
"This document will review the role of jails and incarceration within United States' correctional systems and propose opportunities for jail officials to interact and collaborate with local criminal justice entities with the shared purpose of enhanci... Read More
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2005

NIC Publication
Evidence-Based Practice: Principles for Enhancing Correctional Results in Prisons
"The purpose of this paper is to introduce prison administrators and staff to an accumulated body of knowledge regarding correctional practice to enhance their management of their prisons" (p.1). Sections comprising this discussion paper are: introd... Read More
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