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              Drug courtsNIC is excited to attend the RISE conference, which brings together esteemed public health and public safety leaders dedicated to enhancing access to treatment for individuals with substance use and mental health disorders who find themselves entangled in the justice system. Our will be able to share what we learn with state and local partners, which will help them to improve the quality of care they provide to people with substance use and mental health disorders.

In addition, NIC is also looking forward to networking with other leaders. These relationships will be essential to NIC's efforts to improve the safety and effectiveness of the nation's correctional systems.


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      Dosage Probation: Rethinking the Structure of Probation Sentences
      
  Accession Number
              027940

            This is a great introduction to a new probation strategy which links “the duration of probation supervision to the optimal amount of intervention an offender needs in order to reduce risk of reoffense”.

This monograph “provides a policy and practice framework upon which this new model of
              A Framework for Pretrial Justice: Essential Elements of an Effective Pretrial System and Agency
      
  Accession Number
              032831

            This document highlights the commitment of the National Institute of Corrections (NIC) to define and support evidence-based practices that improve decision-making at the pretrial stage of our criminal justice system, enhancing the safety of America’s communities and fostering the fair administration
              A Framework for Evidence-Based Decision Making in State and Local Criminal Justice Systems
      
  Accession Number
              033067

            In June 2008, the National Institute of Corrections (NIC) launched the “Evidence-Based Decision Making in Local Criminal Justice Systems” initiative. While first developed for local-level implementation, the initiative has since been expanded and adapted to state-level decision making, and is now
              Measuring What Matters: Outcome and Performance Measures for the Pretrial Services Field (2nd ed)
      
  Accession Number
              033331

            The first edition of this publication was released in 2011. As pretrial services have redefined its goals and strategic objectives, so must its outcome and performance metrics change. To that end-and to ensure that metrics for the field continue to be developed by practitioners-NIC commissioned PEN
              Dosage Probation: A Prescription Based on Two Pilot Sites' Experiences
      
  Accession Number
              033116

            The dosage probation model suggests that the length of supervision should be determined by the number of hours of intervention necessary to reduce risk as opposed to a standard probation term, such as 3, 4, 5, etc., years. Dosage probation is designed to incentivize behavior change by providing an
              cover image National Survey of Criminal Justice Coordinating Councils
      
National Survey of Criminal Justice Coordinating Councils
      
  Accession Number
              033618

            This publication presents findings from a national survey of criminal justice coordinating council (CJCC) directors and members. It is one of a series of publications aimed at enhancing the literature about CJCCs and highlighting their purpose and value in shaping local justice systems.

The survey
              Veterans Treatment Courts: A Second Chance for Vets Who Have Lost Their Way
      
  Accession Number
              030018

            "This white paper is based on a series of interviews, buttressed by personal observations, of key players in half a dozen jurisdictions where Veterans Treatment Courts have been operating with marked success. Neither graphs nor charts nor a plethora of statistics are employed to illustrate the
              Barracks Behind Bars In Veteran-Specific Housing Units, Veterans Help Veterans Help Themselves
      
  Accession Number
              033065

            The purpose of Veterans Treatment Courts is to offer vets with a substance use problem and/or diagnosis of a mental health issue an opportunity to avail themselves of treatment-oriented justice. Based on anecdotal evidence and an increasing accretion of data from the field-in many of the projects
              Barracks Behind Bars II: In Veteran-Specific Housing Units, Veterans Help Veterans Help Themselves
      
  Accession Number
              033092

            This paper is the fourth in the National Institute of Corrections justice-involved veteran compendium project. It illuminates programs in prisons across the country whose goal is to prevent recidivism by justice-involved veterans, and by so doing improve the safety of law enforcement officers
              Law Enforcement Officers Respecting Service, Restoring Honor for Vets in Crisis
      
  Accession Number
              033091

            This white paper is based on a series of interviews, buttressed by personal observations, of key players in several jurisdictions where law enforcement officers, Veteran Justice Outreach Specialists from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), and community-based agency representatives
              Veterans Reentry Programming Cover
      
Veterans Reentry Programming
      
  Accession Number
              033668

            **Supporting Transition to Civilian Life Across the Sequential Intercept Model**

They were veterans before they were incarcerated individuals. That is the sentiment and approach to veterans reentry of Sharon Kirkpatrick, member of the Washington Women Veterans Advisory Committee. Upon meeting with aRelated NIC Topics
          People with Mental Health Conditions in Corrections
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  **Published:** 2017-10-01No, NIC cannot provide funding for keynote speakers at a conference. However, NIC can provide training at a conference, providing it meets our initiatives.

    

  
  

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