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  • Implementing Effective Correctional Management of Offenders in the Community: Outcome and Process Measures

    Outcome and process measures used to gage the effectiveness of the Integrated Model in reducing offender recidivism are presented.

  • NIC Fiscal Year 2008 Service Plan: Technical Assistance, Information, and Training for Adult Corrections

    The National Institute of Correction's (NIC's) Service Plan for fiscal year 2008 contains opportunities available to those working in local, state,

  • Comprehensive Framework for Paroling Authorities in an Era of Evidence-Based Practice

    A “framework that identifies the characteristics and competencies that paroling authorities must have to be effective in implementing evidence-base

  • Corrections Budgets in Free Fall: Finding Opportunities in Turbulent Times [Satellite/Internet Broadcast held on April 15, 2009]

    Budget reductions don’t discriminate. Correctional agencies are being hit hard in these tough economic times with no relief from mandates.

  • National Institute of Corrections Report to the Nation FY 2010

    The success of the National Institute of Corrections (NIC) in meeting the needs of its constituents during 2010 is reviewed.

  • Context and Impact of Organizational Changes in State Corrections Agencies: A Study of Local Discourses and Practices in Kansas and Michigan

    The impact of external and internal forces on “corrections policy innovation in which measures to control prison populations and enhance service de

  • National Institute of Corrections Report to the Nation FY 2011

    “It is with great pleasure that I present to you the National Institute of Corrections (NIC) Report to the Nation for fiscal year 2011.

  • Environmental Scan 2011

    “Beginning in the late 1990’s, the National Institute of Corrections (NIC) Information Center began scanning social, economic and corrections issue

  • National Institute of Corrections Report to the Nation FY 2012: Learn, Achieve, Perform

    “This document is the 2013 edition of the National Institute of Corrections (NIC) Report to the Nation.

  • Reinventing the Criminal Justice System--Justice Reinvestment

    “The program interviews Dr. Nancy G. La Vigne Director, Justice Policy Center, The Urban Institute regarding Justice Reinvestment.

  • Going Green in Corrections: Saving $$ and Improving Offender Outcomes

    Over the past decade, the corrections community’s perspective on sustainability-oriented practices has evolved to include tremendous cost savings via resource efficiency and measurable improvements in offender outcomes, as well as important partnerships between corrections facilities and programs and the communities they serve. Presenter Paul Sheldon, senior advisor at GreenPrisons.org will discuss examples of successful "green" programs and partnerships with federal, state, and local agencies, as well as academic, business, and non-profit partners.