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  • Policy-Driven Responses to Probation and Parole Violations

    The author describes the experiences of probation and parole agencies from across the country that worked with NIC on developing innovative approac

  • Gangs, Community and Corrections [Videoconference held June 10, 1998]

    This is a 2-hour forum on gang-related criminal activity in the community and within the correctional environment.

  • Assessment of Sex Offenders for Sentencing, Supervision and Treatment [Videoconference held February 10, 1999]

    Objectives of this three-hour videoconference include:

  • Implementing Effective Correctional Management of Offenders in the Community: An Integrated Model

    An introduction to an integrated model for the implementation of evidence-based principles in community corrections is provided.

  • Implementing Evidence-Based Practice in Community Corrections: The Principles of Effective Intervention

    Principles of effective evidence-based intervention are presented.

  • Implementing Evidence-Based Principles in Community Corrections: Collaboration for Systemic Change in the Criminal Justice System

    The use of collaboration to implement an integrated system reform model is explained.

  • Implementing Evidence-Based Principles in Community Corrections: Leading Organizational Change and Development

    Organizational development (OD) concepts and strategies that foster organizational change and reform are described.

  • Implementing Effective Correctional Management of Offenders in the Community [Videoconference Held February 25, 2004]

    This satellite/Internet broadcast provides information about NIC's initiative on statewide implementation of effective correctional management of o

  • Community Supervision: Using a Strength-Based, Family-Focused Approach [Satellite/Internet Broadcast held March 16, 2005]

    This program will help professionals identify the strengths and resources inherent in the family as a fundamental support system for individuals up

  • Summary Report: Regional Workshops

    Feedback from four executive level regional workshops regarding the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) is reported.

  • Beyond Bars: Keeping Young People Safe at Home and Out of Youth Prisons (2017)

    This report provides a clear blueprint for closing youth prisons and replacing them with community-based juvenile justice services.

  • Leveraging Technology to Enhance Community Supervision: Identifying Needs to Address Current and Emerging Concerns (2019)

    Community corrections agencies serve more than half of the corrections population but are generally underfunded.

  • Community Supervision in a Digital World

    The changing nature of crime, along with an increase in digital literacy among the general population, has resulted in a greater number of tech-sav