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  • Desktop Guide for Tribal Probation Personnel: The Screening and Assessment Process

    "This guide is intended to provide tribal probation personnel with information on how the screening and assessment process can facilitate and promo

  • Is This a Good Quality Outcome Evaluation Report? A Guide for Practitioners

    “This guide is designed to introduce and explain the key concepts in outcome evaluation research in order to help practitioners distinguish between

  • FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS SERIES: Strategies for Identifying Defendants Who Are Veterans for Potential Participation in Veterans Court Programs

    Are you looking for some ideas on how to identify potential participants for your veteran drug court? This this is a great place to start.

  • Gender Responsive Discipline and Sanctions Policy Guide for Women's Facilities

    "The Guide is designed to assist corrections professionals in revising discipline and sanctions policies and practices to more effectively manage w

  • Body-Worn Camera Toolkit

    "This toolkit is a comprehensive clearinghouse for criminal justice practitioners interested in planning and implementing a body-worn camera progra

  • Drug Offenders in Federal Prisons: Estimates of Characteristics Based on Linked Data

    This Special Report presents "a description of drug offenders in federal prison, including criminal history, demographics, gun involvement in the o

  • More Than Emptying Beds: A Systems Approach to Segregation Reform

    "Segregation has been and will continue to be a tool that is necessary to manage legitimate safety concerns.

  • Managing Substance Withdrawal in Jails: A Legal Brief (2022)

    The Bureau of Justice Assistance and the National Institute of Corrections collaborated on a brief that describes the scope of the challenges facin