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Four Tips from Idaho for Overhauling Correctional Programming**Council of State Governments Justice Center, 2017**Performance Measures in Community Corrections: Measuring Effective Supervision Practices with Existing Agency Data**Blasko, Brandy L., Karen A. Souza, Brittney Via, Sara Del Principe, and Faye S. Taxman, 2016**Best Practices for Effective Correctional Programs**Askew, LaQuana, 2016**This research brief examines those key concepts that demonstrate the components of an effective program.Justice Research and Statistics Association (JRSA) [Website]**Justice Research and Statistics Association (JRSA), 2015**JRSA conducts and publishes multistate, policy-relevant research on justice issues; provides training and technical assistance to build research and evaluation capacity and knowledge of evidence-based practices at the state and local levels; and maintains information on state criminal and juvenile justice research and programs.Advancing the Quality of Cost-Benefit Analysis for Justice Programs**Matthies, Carl, Vera Institute of Justice, 2014**Cost-benefit analysis is an economic assessment tool that compares the costs and benefits of policies and programs for the time they produce their impacts.Document ID: 028035Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) Model Programs Guide**U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), 2014**The Model Programs Guide [MPG] is intended to be a central, reliable, and credible resource to help practitioners and policymakers understand what works in juvenile justice-related programs and practices.Risk Assessment Instruments Validated and Implemented in Correctional Settings in the United States: An Empirical Guide**Desmarais, SarahL., and Jay P. Singh, Council of State Governments (CSG) Justice Center, 2013**Document ID: 028352Measuring What Matters: Outcome and Performance Measures for the Pretrial Services**National Institute of Corrections (NIC), 2011**Document ID: 025172Is This A Good Quality Outcome Evaluation Report? A Guide for Practitioners**Poulin, Mary, Orchowsky, Stan, and Jason Trask, U.S. Bureau of Justice Assistance, Center for Program Evaluation and Performance Measurement, Justice Research and Statistics Association, 2011**Document ID: 025537 Return to top

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