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  • New Approaches to Staff Safety

    Key staff safety training issues for community corrections agencies are discussed. This manual addresses:
  • Volunteer Orientation for Frequent and Regular Volunteers: Trainer's Guide

    Designed to provide volunteers with the knowledge and skills necessary to be successful within the institution, this training curriculum covers var
  • Effective Supervision of Adult Sex Offenders in the Community [Videoconference held February 9, 2000]

    The goal of this videoconference is to enhance the ability of probation and parole agency staff (line officers, supervisors, and policymakers/admin
  • Third Status Report to the Attorney General on Body Armor Safety Initiative Testing and Activities

    Findings from a ballistic and mechanical properties test of 103 used Zylon-containing body armor are presented.
  • Advanced Behavior Recognition in Crowded Environments: Final Report

    “This document is the final report for the NIJ research program “Advanced Behavior Recognition in Crowded Environments”.
  • UWB Enhanced Time Difference of Arrival System: Summary [and] Final Report

    Anyone dealing with the challenges associated with cell phone use by inmates should be aware of this project.
  • Civil Liability for the Use of Neck Restraints

    Neck restraints are a valuable but sometimes still controversial procedure for the use of force by police officers and correctional personnel ...
  • Through-the-Wall Sensors for Law Enforcement: Best Practices, Version 1.0

    "This report provides advice, tactics and information related to the use of TTWS [through-the-wall sensor] in operational settings.
  • Body-Worn Cameras for Criminal Justice: Market Survey, Version 1.0

    "The use of body-worn cameras (BWCs) by criminal justice practitioners (e.g., patrol, corrections, SWAT and other tactical responders) offers poten
  • Police Officer Body-Worn Cameras: Assessing the Evidence

    "Although advocates and critics have made numerous claims regarding body-worn cameras, there have been few balanced discussions of the benefits and
  • Instilling Holistic Safety: How We Can Reimagine Our Approach Toward Safety in Corrections (2023)

    Correctional safety has historically pitted both correctional staff against people incarcerated and security procedures against the resources and opportunities needed to help people to thrive. This paradigm has resulted in missed opportunities to support sustainable rehabilitation and commitment to community safety. We can be leaders in reimagining and building toward a holistic vision of safety that brings people incarcerated and correctional staff together to produce the changes they want, need, and deserve—changes rooted in health, value, personal agency, connectedness, and trust.