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American Probation and Parole Association (APPA) (Lexington VA)

  • Implementing the Family Support Approach for Community Supervision

    Implementation of the Family Support Approach for Community Supervision is explained.

  • Promising Victim Related Practices in Probation and Parole Fact Sheet Series

    Access to eight fact sheets “on topics related to crime victims and victims’ needs throughout the community corrections process” is provided.

  • Voice of the Victim: A Perspective Spotlight Issue

    This special issue of Perspectives is “is dedicated to promoting innovative programs, policies and protocols that improve crime victims’ rights and

  • Effective Responses to Offender Behavior: Lessons Learned from Probation and Parole Supervision

    “Using effective strategies to keep probationers and parolees crime- and drug-free and curb their revocation rates is among the most important issu

  • Promising Victim Related Practices in Probation and Parole: Training Curriculum [and] Participant Manual [Lesson Plans and Participants' Manual]

    “The goal of this training program is to provide community corrections officers with information on strategies they can use to enhance their intera

  • A Note on HIPAA and 42 CFR Part 2: Dispelling the Myths about Justice-Health Information Sharing

    "HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996) and 42 CFR Part 2 (Title 42: Public Health, Part 2-Confidentiality of Substanc

  • Corrections and Reentry: Protected Health Information Privacy Framework for Information Sharing

    "This resource was designed to enable correctional entities to comply with HIPAA and 42 CFR Part 2 in the receipt or sharing of PHI [public health

  • Secondary Trauma: The Personal Impact of Working with Criminal Offenders

    This is a great article explaining how and why community corrections officers experience traumatic stress on the job and related efforts to address

  • Using Family Mapping Tools to Enhance Outcomes for Tribal Members under Community Supervision

    "This fact sheet is designed to serve as an overview of two family tools that help people visualize the connections within families and the connect

  • A Tribal Probation Officers Guide to Working with Victims

    "While victims are not the primary client for you as a tribal probation officer [TPO], you are in a unique position to provide them with critical i