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2011
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This guide will “help probation officials refocus the agency toward reducing crime and re-offense rates among probationers … [and] provide an action plan for realizing the practices of recidivism reduction” (p. viii). Action is taken over three phase... Read More
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2010
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The Center for Employment Opportunities (CEO) is a transitional jobs program for released inmates. It aims to help them achieve long-term employment which reduces recidivism. Individuals developing or modifying similar programs will find the lessons ... Read More
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2010
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The effectiveness of the Ridge House program to reduce recidivism is examined. Ridge House is a “spiritually-based, short-term transitional housing program that provides substance abuse treatment and employability training to parolees in need of supp... Read More
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2010
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Those wanting to implement a reentry court in their community can use this report to show how such courts greatly benefit public safety. Six chapters follow an executive summary: introduction; the state of prisoner reentry; the reentry court model; s... Read More
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2009
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The prime goal of this investigation was “to identify which community centers were successful in reducing recidivism for the State of Pennsylvania and to identify which individual and program level characteristics, if any, were significantly more lik... Read More
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2009
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The ability of Maryland's Proactive Community Supervision (PCS) model to "reduc[e] the incidence of crime and negative behavior among individuals under probation and parole supervision" is reviewed (p. 1). Chapters in addition to an executive summary... Read More
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2009
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The reduction of return to custody rates by participation in WOSAP (Woman Offenders Substance Abuse Programs) and CRPM (Community Relapse Prevention and Maintenance) aftercare is examined. These sections follow and executive summary: introduction; me... Read More
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2008
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The benefits realized by the Dangerous Mentally Ill Offender (DMIO) program over the three year period following DMIO participant release are reported. Sections comprising this publication are: summary; introduction; previous findings; key methodolo... Read More
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2008
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"This report assesses the degree to which 26 recidivism-reduction programs offered to prison inmates and parolees by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) are evidence-based, as determined by a rating of the programs usin... Read More
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2008
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Information is presented regarding Colorado's parole revocation population. Sections following an executive summary are: the status of parole returns to Colorado prisons; demographic profile of prison admissions by admission type; and trends in gove... Read More
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2008
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This document summarizes a larger report (NIC Accession no. 023433) which describes 13 strategies "that can reduce recidivism and hold offenders accountable for their actions while also cutting substance abuse and unemployment, and restoring family b... Read More
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2008
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Organization-level and individual-level strategies for improving the supervision of offenders in the community are described. Sections of this report include: introduction -- background and focus of this paper; define success as recidivism reduction... Read More
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2008
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The impact of the Fortune Society, a private non-profit organization providing services to ex-prisoners in New York City, on recidivism and homelessness is investigated. Sections of this report following an abstract include: executive summary; intro... Read More
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2005
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The implementation of evidence-based practices that can significantly reduce the recidivism of offenders is explained. This paper covers: an integrated model of implementation; evidence-based practice; eight evidence-based principles for effective i... Read More
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2005
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Outcome and process measures used to gage the effectiveness of the Integrated Model in reducing offender recidivism are presented. Each component found within a measure has information regarding its definition, tool/data source, description, frequenc... Read More
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2005
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A tool for "guid[ing] organizations in their self-assessment and planning for implementation of evidence-based practices for community corrections" is provided (p. 1). Eighteen components are organized into four areas: administration and planning; h... Read More
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2004
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The significant reduction of offender recidivism in community corrections by implementing a series of evidence-based practices is explained (p. 1). This article is comprised of the following sections: overview; an integrated model of implementation;... Read More
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2004
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Principles of effective evidence-based intervention are presented. Topics discussed include: evidence-based practice (EBP); term clarification; eight principles for effective interventions -- assess actuarial risk/needs, enhance intrinsic motivation... Read More
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2004
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The use of collaboration to implement an integrated system reform model is explained. This publication has sections regarding: the need to collaborate; who should be included; the need for structure; sustaining collaboration; a collaborative model fo... Read More
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2004
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Organizational development (OD) concepts and strategies that foster organizational change and reform are described. Sections of this publication include: changing the way business is done -- the integrated model; organizational case management; the ... Read More
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2004
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An introduction to an integrated model for the implementation of evidence-based principles in community corrections is provided. This document contains the following sections: overview; the project; the challenge of implementation; the Integrated Mod... Read More
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2004
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The use of Rensis Likert's Organizational Climate Survey by the National Institute of Corrections and the Crime and Justice Institute's Implementing Effective Correctional Management of Offenders in the Community Inititative's National Project Team "... Read More
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2004
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Informational elements needed for outcome measures, system process measures, program measures, and individual performance measures for evidence based practices, system process measures for organizational development, and system process measures for c... Read More
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2003
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An "examination of recidivism following treatment in a 6-month modified TC [therapeutic community] serving probationers in a large metropolitan area in Texas" is provided (p. 2). Sections found in this report are: abstract; executive summary; backgr... Read More
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2002
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The effectiveness of "Thinking for a Change" -- a cognitive behavioral program for adult probationers -- is investigated. Following an abstract, this dissertation contains these chapters: introduction; literature review; study purpose and major aims... Read More
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2001
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A summary of the report "Effectiveness of Integrated Services for Homeless Adults with Serious Mental Illness" is provided. The report documents the impressive results coming from the Community Mental Health Treatment Program (AB 2034). Programs redu... Read More
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1995
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Wheeler and Rudolph report results of a study on the impact of drug testing during pretrial and probation periods on recidivism rates among felony probationers in Houston, finding that successful probationers were tested and seen by officers a signif... Read More
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1991
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This study provides information about the fifty percent of the clients who enter community corrections in Colorado and are subsequently returned to prison within a few months. Questions such as who fails and why? are examined and the results are supp... Read More
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