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Implementing the Family Support Approach for Community Supervision
      Implementation of the Family Support Approach for Community Supervision is explained.
    EBP: The Implications of Supervision: Strategies for Improving Corrections' Capacity for Implementing EBPs: The Colorado EBP Project for Implementation Capacity (EPIC) Staff Development System
      This article looks at the Colorado’s EBP Project for Implementation Capacity (EPIC).
    Promising Victim Related Practices in Probation and Parole Fact Sheet Series
      Access to eight fact sheets “on topics related to crime victims and victims’ needs throughout the community corrections process” is provided.
    Voice of the Victim: A Perspective Spotlight Issue
      This special issue of Perspectives is “is dedicated to promoting innovative programs, policies and protocols that improve crime victims’ rights and
    Effective Responses to Offender Behavior: Lessons Learned from Probation and Parole Supervision
      “Using effective strategies to keep probationers and parolees crime- and drug-free and curb their revocation rates is among the most important issu
    Promising Victim Related Practices in Probation and Parole: Training Curriculum [and] Participant Manual [Lesson Plans and Participants' Manual]
      “The goal of this training program is to provide community corrections officers with information on strategies they can use to enhance their intera
    A Note on HIPAA and 42 CFR Part 2: Dispelling the Myths about Justice-Health Information Sharing
      "HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996) and 42 CFR Part 2 (Title 42: Public Health, Part 2-Confidentiality of Substanc
    Corrections and Reentry: Protected Health Information Privacy Framework for Information Sharing
      "This resource was designed to enable correctional entities to comply with HIPAA and 42 CFR Part 2 in the receipt or sharing of PHI [public health
    Secondary Trauma: The Personal Impact of Working with Criminal Offenders
      This is a great article explaining how and why community corrections officers experience traumatic stress on the job and related efforts to address
    Using Family Mapping Tools to Enhance Outcomes for Tribal Members under Community Supervision
      "This fact sheet is designed to serve as an overview of two family tools that help people visualize the connections within families and the connect
    A Tribal Probation Officers Guide to Working with Victims
      "While victims are not the primary client for you as a tribal probation officer [TPO], you are in a unique position to provide them with critical i
    Creative Ideas for Institutional and Community Corrections Agencies to Partner with Crime Victim Assistance Organizations and Agencies to Promote 2016 National Crime Victims' Rights Week: Serving Victims. Building Trust. Restoring Hope.
      "From the creation of Victims Committees at ACA (1987), APPA (1991), and APAI (1992) and the establishment of the National Association of Victim As Return to top

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