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Using Jail Exit Surveys to Improve Community Responses to Women Offenders
      The "use of jail exit surveys as an effective data collection tool for creating [a] picture of the characteristics of women in contact with the loc
    Responding to Women Offenders: The Department of Women's Justice Services in Cook County, Illinois
    The Role of Facilitators and Staff in Supporting Collaborative Teams
      The need for facilitators and staff to support collaborative teams is explained.
    Interstate Transfer of Prison Inmates in the United States
      Results are presented from an investigation into the manner in which prison inmates are transferred between correctional authorities and the reason
    Jail Site Evaluation and Selection
      Guidance is provided for successfully identifying, evaluating, and selecting jail sites.
    Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA): Considerations for Policy Review
      A policy review guide designed to assist in drafting PREA (Prison Rape Elimination Act) policies for review by the National Institute of Correction
    Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) Summary of Responses from Juvenile Focus Group on Staff Sexual Misconduct and Youth on Youth Sexual Assault
      Responses to thirteen questions regarding curriculum related to staff sexual misconduct with youth and youth on youth sexual assault are provided.
    Trends from Focus Group Interviews
      Findings from focus group interviews of correctional personnel are reported.
    50 State Survey on Sex Offender Registry
      Results from a survey on sex offenders registry are provided. Questions asked are:
    50 State Survey of Sexual Offenses Against Children (Statutory Rape)
      The responses from a survey about laws concerning the statutory rape of children are presented.
    Women Offender Case Management Model
      The gender-responsive Women Offender Case Management Model (WOCMM) is described.
    Classification of Women Offenders: Gender-Responsive Approach to Risk/Needs Assessment
      An overview of the work done by collaborative partnerships to design and validate gender-responsive risk and needs assessments for female offenders
    How to Collect and Analyze Data: A Manual for Sheriffs and Jail Administrators
      Anyone who needs to gather and analyze data concerning various jail-related issues will find this manual useful.
    Sheriff's Guide to Effective Jail Operations
      "This guide provides an overview of the sheriff's roles and responsibilities with regard to the jail along with basic information on critical aspec
    Jail Inspection Basics: Supervisors Guide
      This guide prepares supervisors for conversations with new inspectors taking the "Jail Inspection Basics: An Introductory Self-Study Course for Jai
    Jail Inspection Basics: An Introductory Self-Study Course for Jail Inspectors
      This self-paced, self-instruction course explains the role and responsibilities of a jail inspector.
    Increasing Collaboration Between Corrections and Mental Health Organizations: Orange County Case Study
      The use of the Mental Health Pretrial Release Program (MHPTR) by the Orange County Jail, in order to identify those individuals with mental illness
    Investigating Sexual Assaults in Correctional Facilities
      Problems with the investigation of sexual assaults (inmate on inmate sexual assault and staff sexual misconduct) in correctional facilities are dis
    Breaking the Code of Silence: Correction Officers' Handbook on Identifying and Addressing Sexual Misconduct
      Critical issues related to staff sexual misconduct with offenders are discussed.
    Jails and the Constitution: An Overview
      This publication "reviews the history of correctional law and summarizes the results and effects of major court decisions" (p. 4).
    Jail Planning and Expansion: Local Officials and Their Roles
      This publication should be the first that elected officials and other policymakers turn to when developing jail facilities--either a new jail or ex
    TPC Reentry Handbook: Implementing the NIC Transition from Prison to the Community Model
      “The TPC Reentry Handbook has been developed as a resource for a broad range of stakeholders involved in improving transition and reentry practices
    LJN Exchange, Annual Issue 2007; Large Jail Network Exchange, Annual Issue 2007
      This issue contains: “Foreword” By Richard Geaither; “An Interview with NIC Jails Division Chief Virginia Hutchinson” by Connie Clem; “Applying New
    Topics in Community Corrections, Annual Issue 2007: Promising Strategies in Transition from Prison
      Issue contents are: “Foreword” by Kermit Humphries; “An Overview of NIC’s Transition from Prison to the Community Initiative” by Peggy B.
    An Overview of NIC's Transition from Prison to the Community Initiative
      The Transition from Prison to the Community (TPC) Initiative, launched by the National Institute of Corrections (NIC) is described.
    Rising to the Challenge of Applying Evidence-Based Practices Across the Spectrum of a State Parole System
      The use of evidence-based practices to improve discretionary parole system is explained.
    Collaboration and Partnership in the Community: Advancing the Michigan Prisoner ReEntry Initiative
      "This article examines five key attributes of partnership and collaboration deemed essential as the Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC) devel
    Providing Tools for Risk Reduction Case Management in Parole and Community Corrections
      The Kansas Offender Risk Reduction & Reentry Plan (KOR3P) is described.
    Improving Parole Outcomes with Performance Leadership and Data: Doing What Works
      "This article describes the evolution of the Georgia Parole Board's business-oriented data and performance leadership model" (p. 35).
    Working Together to Improve Reentry: Bridging Budgets and Programs, Public and Private, Prison and the Community
      Some of the improvements made to Oregon's offender reentry transition process are highlighted.
    Ensuring Successful Offender Reentry: Umatilla/Morrow County "Reach-In" Services
      The use of reach-in to improve the transition process is explained.
    Creating Better Transitions at Indiana's Plainfield Reentry Educational Facility
      This article highlights the "flagship" of Indiana's reentry initiatives -- the Plainfield Reentry Educational Facility (PREF).
    Gender-Responsive Reentry in Rhode Island: A Long and Winding Road
      Gender-responsive offender reentry efforts for female offenders in Rhode Island are discussed.
    Missouri Makes Its Move Toward a New Reentry Philosophy
      The use of the Transition from Prison to the Community (TPC) model to improve offender transition in Missouri is explained.
    Achieving Accurate Pictures of Risk and Identifying Gender Responsive Needs: Two New Assessments for Women Offenders
      The development of new risk/needs assessments specifically designed for female offenders is discussed.
    Topics in Community Corrections, Annual Issue 2008: Applying Evidence-Based Practices in Pretrial Services
      Articles in this issue include:
    Improving Pretrial Assessment and Supervision in Colorado
      The Colorado Improving Supervised Pretrial Release (CISPR) Project, an innovative pretrial initiative, is described.
    Charge Specialty and Revictimization by Defendants Charged with Domestic Violence Offenses
      Results from a study of the non-specialization of individuals charged with domestic violence (DV) and the relationship between DV and assaultive an
    Pretrial Rearrests Among Domestic Violence Defendants in New York City
      Pretrial rearrest among New York domestic violence (DV) defendants is examined.
    Evidence-Based Practices and Criminal Defense: Opportunities, Challenges, and Practical Considerations
      Guidance is provided to criminal defense attorneys concerning the use of evidence-based practices (EBP).
    Our System of Corrections: Do Jails Play a Role in Improving Offender Outcomes?
      "This document will review the role of jails and incarceration within United States' correctional systems and propose opportunities for jail offici
    Evidence-Based Practice to Reduce Recidivism: Implications for State Judiciaries
      The reduction of recidivism by state judiciaries utilizing six principles of evidence-based practice (EBP) is explained.
    Legal and Evidence Based Practices: Application of Legal Principles, Laws, and Research to the Field of Pretrial Services
      "[C]ritical legal principles applicable to defendants during the pretrial stage" are covered (p.3).
    Evidence-Based Practice: Principles for Enhancing Correctional Results in Prisons
      "The purpose of this paper is to introduce prison administrators and staff to an accumulated body of knowledge regarding correctional practice to e
    Using Research to Promote Public Safety: A Prosecutor's Primer on Evidence-Based Practice
      This paper “focus[es] primarily on those [evidence-based] intervention principles most likely to be encountered by the prosecution” (p.2).
    Effective Clinical Practices in Treating Clients in the Criminal Justice System
      This monograph is “intended to strengthen and improve the dissemination of evidence-based rehabilitative technologies for offenders, within the mul
    A Guide to Preparing for and Responding to Jail Emergencies: Self-Audit Checklists, Resource Materials, Case Studies
      This guide “will be broadly useful to U.S.
    Gendered Violence and Safety: A Contextual Approach to Improving Security in Women's Facilities
      "In response to the Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003 (PREA), this project ...
    PREA Statewide Probation and Parole Direction
      "This paper is the initial product of the work group [of six state directors of probation and parole] and summarizes its deliberations and findings
    Fifty State Survey of Adult Sex Offender Registration Requirements
      State requirements for the registration of adult sex offenders are compiled and presented.

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