The 2009 Minnesota Legislature directed the Information and Supervision Services Committee’s Evidence-Based Practices (EBP) Policy Team of the Minnesota Department of Corrections (DOC) to assess the use of EBP and opportunities for greater implementation in community supervision.

This brief examines several of these laws (that promote the use of evidence-based programs and practices) and looks at how state governments have used them to expand the use of evidence-based policymaking.

The recommendations provided in this report will act as a roadmap for sustainable implementation and replication of EBP in Utah and to develop a just, effective, and evidence-based system.

The Risk Assessment Quality Improvement (RAQI) checklist helps identify potential problems with assessment tools quickly and efficiently. State agencies can then use this information to ensure that taxpayer dollars are targeted correctly and used effectively on supervision, programming, and treatment.

This Webinar is designed to highlight key information contained in the newly released PREA Auditor Handbook, and will help facilities and agencies know what to expect from audits and from the auditors with whom they contract.

Policy and Procedure Directive for victims and survivors. New Hampshire Department of Corrections 2012.

This bulletin summarizes twelve common victims’ rights. In most jurisdictions the legal definition of victim is broad and includes persons beyond those who are the “direct” victim of the crime. For example, surviving family members of homicide victims, guardians of minors, and other selected representatives are included in
many jurisdiction’s definition of crime victim. Each jurisdiction is unique and therefore determining whether a person is entitled to a right requires analysis of both the right and the definition of “victim.”

The purpose of this chapter is to encourage the use of ethical standards to further the evolution of victim assistance as a professional discipline.

This paper was developed as part of a set of papers focused on the role of system stakeholders in reducing recidivism through the use of evidence-based practices.

National Crime Victim Bar Association, an affiliated program of the National Center for Victims of Crime, educates attorneys, victim service providers, and the general public on the availability and potential of civil legal remedies for crime victims; refers crime victims to qualified counsel; provides technical support to attorneys, particularly through its database, which contains more than 11,000 summaries of civil cases involving crime victims; and advocates through legislation and/or amicus curiae briefs.