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2012	Motivational Interviewing in Corrections: A Comprehensive Guide to Implementing MI in Corrections By Bogue, Bradford; Nandi, Anjali. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). This guide explains how to implement motivational interviewing (MI) in correctional settings. Motivational Interviewing is a counseling technique that enables people to get beyond their reluctance to change problem behaviors. MI is directive (focused on goals), client-centered, and non-confrontational. The first four chapters of this guide “address background and fundamental issues related to agency or systemwide implementation of MI … [while the last two chapters] address agency issues, such as... Read More	84 pages
2012	Understanding Corrections through the APEX Lens By Cebula, Nancy; Lantz, Theresa; Ward, Tom. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). People in Charge LLC (Boulder, CO); National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). This guidebook “is the second book in the APEX Guidebook series and is designed to help correctional practitioners deepen their knowledge of the Public Safety Model domains. It offers practical suggestions for improving performance and creating positive change by sharing best-practice methods and current literature on higher performance in corrections” (p. ix). APEX itself provides strategies for achieving performance excellence in the Public Safety Model domains—operations (which includes sa... Read More	96 pages
2012	Culture and Change Management: Using APEX to Facilitate Organizational Change By Cebula, Nancy; Craig, Elizabeth; Innes, Christopher; Lantz, Theresa; Rhone, Tanya; Ward, Tom. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). People in Charge LLC (Boulder, CO); National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). “Culture, including beliefs, assumptions, values, norms, and practices in an organization, determines the success of an organization’s performance and change efforts. This book helps illuminate the role culture plays in an organization that is striving for higher performance ... Knowledge of culture enables an organization to proceed along the path to successful change. The APEX Change Management Model provides a process and map for organizational change based in research and best practices; it ... Read More	116 pages
2012	Achieving Performance Excellence: The Influence of Leadership on Organizational Performance By Cebula, Nancy; Craig, Elizabeth; Eggers, John; Fajardo, Marge Douville; Gray, James; Lantz, Theresa. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). People in Charge LLC (Boulder, CO); National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). “Leadership is a very important component of higher performing organizations. This book presents a breadth and depth of information about leading others and describes what leaders need to excel at and what up-and-coming leaders need to know as they prepare themselves for leadership positions. Taking a balanced approach to leadership allows correctional leaders to influence different people and diverse stakeholder groups in differing situations. Good leaders know when they need to manage rather t... Read More	100 pages
2012	Is the Juvenile Justice Realignment Train Slowing Down? By Butts, Jeffrey A.; Carrion, Gladys; Steinhart, David; Rodriguez, Jennifer. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC); U.S. Dept. of Justice. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (Washington, DC). National Center for Youth in Custody (NC4YC) (Kalamazoo, MI). “After nearly two decades of falling crime, down-sizing juvenile corrections and detention is a central theme in a growing number of juvenile justice systems … What does the future hold for juvenile justice reform? Were the changes that occurred over the past ten years a permanent shift in policy and practice, or were they merely a temporary reaction to tight budgets and low rates of violent crime? Will policymakers maintain reforms if and when crime rises or budgets rebound?” Topics discussed i... Read More	41 pages
2012	Applying the APEX Tools for Organizational Assessment By Bogue, Bradford; Cebula, Nancy. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). People in Charge LLC (Boulder, CO); National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). “Previously, not many assessment tools looked at issues that specifically affect those who work in the field of corrections … [This book] presents three organizational assessment tools developed specifically for the field of corrections. The APEX assessment tools are designed to look at an agency’s readiness to take on a change process, understand the importance of safety and security to correctional operations, measure performance on the APEX Public Safety Model’s eight domains, and provide gui... Read More	128 pages
2012	APEX Resources Directory Vol. 2: Communications, Focus Groups, and Development By Bilson, Janet Mancini; Cebula, Nancy; Innes, Christopher; Lantz, Theresa; Ritter, Elizabeth; Ward, Tom. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). People in Charge LLC (Boulder, CO); National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). “APEX Resources Directory Volume 2 provides supportive information to correctional agencies embarking on the APEX (Achieving Performance Excellence) journey. It introduces the National Institute of Correc¬tions (NIC) Information Center, provides detailed information on creating a communications plan for those implementing the APEX Initiative, describes how to use focus groups to effectively gather information and feed-back, and includes a team development guide for those who want to build teams,... Read More	76 pages
2011	Special Challenges Facing Parole National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). Center for Effective Public Policy (Philadelphia, PA); National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). This guide is designed to “lay out the context, summarize the key issues, highlight the recent research, and provide suggestions about where to find more extensive and detailed resources” about special populations parole boards may have contact with (p. xiii). Seven chapters are contained in this publication: sex offenders; offenders who have significant mental health concerns; offenders who have significant substance abuse problems; women offenders; aging or geriatric offenders; youthful/juveni... Read More	64 pages
2011	Fifty State Survey of State Criminal Laws Addressing the Sexual Exploitation of Minors National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). NIC/WCL Project on Addressing Prison Rape (Washington, DC); American University. Washington School of Law (Washington, DC). Entries covering the relevant statute(s), age of consent, definitions, defenses, and penalty regarding the sexual exploitation of minors are provided.... Read More	658 pages
2011	APEX: Building the Model and Beginning the Journey By Cebula, Nancy; Lantz, Theresa; Ward, Tom. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). People in Charge LLC (Boulder, CO); National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). “Through extensive research and analysis, the National Institute of Corrections (NIC) is offering the field of corrections a comprehensive business model entitled the APEX (Achieving Performance Excellence) Initiative. The APEX Initiative is an agency-driven systems approach to building capacity for higher organizational performance, best practices, data-driven decisionmaking using multiple self-assessment tools, and a Guidebook series with strategies, interventions, and pathways. The APEX Publi... Read More	56 pages
2011	The Greening of Corrections: Creating a Sustainable System By Feldbaum, Mindy; Greene, Frank; Kirschenbaum, Sarah; Mukamal, Debbie; Welsh, Megan; Pinderhughes, Raquel. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). AED. National Institute for Work and Learning (Washington, DC); National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). What are viable strategies for cutting costs while protecting the public’s safety? Corrections can achieve some substantial cost savings in sustainability or greening strategies. This publication “provides correctional professionals with a framework to gain a general understanding of sustainability practices and principles and to identify examples of operations, programs, and management strategies for self-sustaining facilities” (p. ii). Sections of this publication include: introduction; greeni... Read More	76 pages
2011	Paroling Authorities’ Strategic Planning and Management for Results National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). Center for Effective Public Policy (Philadelphia, PA); National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). Individuals involved in making sure their parole agency’s goals are being met need to read this paper. It provides guidance for a paroling authority in “defining its vision and mission, assembling information and resources to accomplish its goals, and putting into place appropriate management and performance measurement systems to carry out its objectives and measure its progress” (p. v). Six chapters are contained in this publication: craft your vision and mission statements; assess your organi... Read More	33 pages
2010	Context and Impact of Organizational Changes in State Corrections Agencies: A Study of Local Discourses and Practices in Kansas and Michigan By Rengifo, Andres F.; Stemen, Don. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). The impact of external and internal forces on “corrections policy innovation in which measures to control prison populations and enhance service delivery were implemented despite challenging institutional and social environments” is examined (p. 2). This is good reading for those agencies looking to implement their own strategies for correctional system reform. This report contains these sections: introduction; the context and dynamics of corrections reform—expanding capacity (1980 to early 1990... Read More	65 pages
2010	What Works in Residential Centers Monographs By Taxman, Faye X.; Rexroat, Jessica; Shilton, Mary; Mericle, Amy; Lerch, Jennifer. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). George Mason University. Criminology, Law & Society. Center for Advancing Correctional Excellence (Fairfax, VA). This series of monographs “examines the impact of participation in a RRC [Residential Re-entry Center] on federal offender release outcomes” (p. 2). RRCs assist in the transition of offenders from prison to the community. The series contains eight reports: Executive Overview: What Works in Residential Reentry Centers; Report 1: What Is the Impact of “Performance Contracting” on Offender Supervision Services?; Report 2: Measuring Performance- The Capacity of Residential Reentry Centers (RRCs) to ... Read More	165 pages
2010	A Framework for Evidence-Based Decision Making in Local Criminal Justice Systems National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). Center for Effective Public Policy (Philadelphia, PA); Pretrial Justice Institute (PJI) (Washington, DC); Justice Management Institute (JMI) (Denver, CO); Carey Group (New York, NY). This report is essential reading for individuals wanting to achieve "measurable reductions of pretrial misconduct and post-conviction reoffending" (p.6). Eight sections follow an introduction (a new paradigm for the justice system): underlying premises; the key decision points, decision makers, and stakeholders in the criminal justice system; examining justice system decision making through the lens of harm reduction; the principles underlying the framework; applying evidence-based principles to... Read More	68 p.
2010	Career Resource Centers: An Emerging Strategy for Improving Offender Employment Outcomes National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC); U.S. Dept. of Justice (Washington, DC); U.S. Dept. of Education (Washington, DC). National Institute of Corrections. Transition and Offender Workforce Development Division (Washington, DC). “This bulletin highlights the ways career resource centers are being used in jails , prisons, and community supervision offices to improve the long-term employment prospects of offenders” (p.1). Sections of this publication include: common elements of career resource centers; getting started; working with inmate career clerks; building community ties; role of assessment in career resource centers; technology resources; finding champions and overcoming resistance; and future directions. The fo... Read More	18 p. + 1 computer disk; DVD-ROM
2010	Evidence-Based Practice Skills Assessment for Criminal Justice Organizations, Version 1.0 By Ameen, Christine A.; Loeffler-Cobia, Jennifer. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC); Crime and Justice Institute (CJI) (Boston, MA). “The Evidence-based Practice Skills Assessment (EBPSA) is a self-report measurement tool designed to gauge the extent to which correctional staff demonstrate the skills necessary to successfully implement Evidence-based Practices (EBP)” (p. 5). The EBPSA guide summarizes how using the EBPSA can enhance an organization’s ability to become a more effective evidence-based organization. A brief overview describes the development of the EBPSA. Additional sections address reliability analysis, scoring... Read More	56 pages
2010	Jail Planning and Expansion: Local Officials and Their Roles, Second Edition By Robertson, James R.. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). This publication should be the first that elected officials and other policymakers turn to when developing jail facilities--either a new jail or expansion of an existing jail. All the participants’ roles, decisions they make, and the documents resulting from the process are covered. Sections of this manual explain: what the facility development process is; who the participants in the decision are; what types of decisions must be made; how much time and money are spent on each phase; and the nine... Read More	62 p.
2010	Programs and Activities: Tools for Managing Inmate Behavior By Martin, Mark D.; Kaledas, Richard J.. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). “This manual not only will provide guidance to practitioners on improving inmate programs, but will also demonstrate that even with minimal resources, correctional professionals can plan, implement, and evaluate programs while realizing the benefits of improved inmate behavior” (p.vi). Four chapters are contained in this publication: the value of keeping jail inmates productively occupied; the administrator’s role in supporting inmate programs and activities; planning, implementing, and evaluati... Read More	116 p.
2010	Curriculum: Addressing Sexual Abuse of Youth in Custody National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). NIC/WCL Project Addressing Prison Rape (Washington, DC); National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC); American University. Washington College of Law (Washington, DC). “Addressing Sexual Abuse of Youth in Custody is a 36 hour educational program that focuses on the complex issues of sexual abuse of youth in custody—both staff abuse of youth and youth abuse of other youth.” Participants will be able to: understand the Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003 (PREA) and identify its relevance to juvenile justice; identify components of adolescent development, sexuality and facility culture and understand their impact on sexual abuse of youth in custody; understand a ... Read More
2010	The Importance of a Low Span of Control in Effective Implementation of Evidence Based Probation and Parole Practices By Armstrong, Gaylene; Dretke, Doug; Atkin, Cassandra. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). Sam Houston State University. Correctional Management Institute of Texas (Huntsville, TX). This report explains why the current probation officer to supervisor ratio (7:1 span of control) should not be increased to a higher level due to significant impacts on the implementation and sustainability of evidence-based practices (EBPs) in the Community Based Correctional System in Iowa. Span of control is “the number of individuals, or resources, that a person can effectively supervise within a structured organizational, business of military setting” (p. i). Sections of this report followi... Read More	34 pages
2009	National Institute of Corrections Training Evaluation Project: Training, Leadership, and Organizational Change: Focus on CLD and MDF By Wells, James B.; Minor, Kevin I.; Parson, J. Stephen. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). Commonwealth Research Consulting, Inc. (Brookline, MA). Results from the Training Evaluation Project assessing the training offered by the National Institute of Corrections are presented. “The primary purpose of this bulletin is to examine leadership from a 360 degree perspective, and to assess relationships between training, leadership, and organizational change” (p. 3). It appears Correctional Leadership Development increased transformational leadership practices while Management Development for the Future had a small effect on leadership change.... Read More	16 pages
2009	National Institute of Corrections Training Evaluation Project: 2008 Evaluation Supplement: Learning, Application, and Action Plan Progress By Wells, James B.; Minor, Kevin I.; Parson, J. Stephen. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). Commonwealth Research Consulting, Inc. (Brookline, MA). Results from the Training Evaluation Project assessing the training offered by the National Institute of Corrections are presented. This bulletin’s primary purpose is to update CwRC-NIC Bulletin 4 (NICIC no. 024801) results about four recent training programs not included in the pilot project findings. The programs are Inmate Behavior Management, Administering a Small Jail, Conducting Prison Security Audits, and How to Run a Direct Supervision Housing Unit—Training for Trainers. Participants re... Read More	18 pages
2009	Outcome Evaluation of the Women Offender Case Management Model in Connecticut Probation National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). Orbis Partners, Inc. (Ottawa, Ontario). “The outcome evaluation [for the Women Offender Case Management Model (WOCMM) implemented in Connecticut probation] focuses on determining whether participation in the project reduces future involvement in the criminal justice system as measured by recidivism over a fixed length follow-up period. The outcome evaluation employs a comparison group to determine if participants have more positive outcomes than a group of women with similar characteristics who were not exposed to the model” (p. 1). R... Read More	17 p.
2009	Fifty State Survey of Juvenile Sex Offender Registration Requirements National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). NIC/WCL Project on Addressing Prison Rape (Washington, DC); American University. Washington College of Law (Washington, DC); National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). State requirements for the registration of juvenile sex offenders are compiled and presented. Responses (if given) are reported for: registrable offenses; information maintained in sex offender registry; statutory basis for juvenile sex offender registration; duration of registration; community notification and website; and limitations on residency or employment.... Read More	254 pages
2009	State Criminal Laws Prohibiting Sexual Abuse of Individuals Under Community Corrections Supervision National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). NIC/WCL Project on Addressing Prison Rape (Washington, DC); American University. Washington College of Law (Washigton, DC); National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). This map shows those states that do or do not have laws prohibiting the sexual abuse of individuals under community corrections supervision.... Read More	1 page
2009	State Criminal Laws Prohibiting Sexual Abuse of Individuals in Custody National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). NIC/WCL Project on Addressing Prison Rape (Washington, DC); American University. Washington College of Law (Washigton, DC); National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). This map shows those states that do or do not have laws prohibiting the sexual abuse of individuals in custody.... Read More	1 page
2009	State Criminal Laws Prohibiting Sexual Abuse of Individuals in Lock-Ups National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). NIC/WCL Project on Addressing Prison Rape (Washington, DC); American University. Washington College of Law (Washigton, DC); National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). This map shows those states that do or do not have laws prohibiting the sexual abuse of individuals in lock-ups.... Read More	1 page
2009	State Criminal Laws Prohibiting Sexual Abuse of Individuals in Jails National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). NIC/WCL Project on Addressing Prison Rape (Washington, DC); American University. Washington College of Law (Washigton, DC); National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). This map shows those states that do or do not have laws prohibiting the sexual abuse of individuals in jails.... Read More	1 page
2009	State Criminal Laws Prohibiting Sexual Abuse of Individuals Under Correctional Supervision: Consent as a Defense National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). NIC/WCL Project on Addressing Prison Rape (Washington, DC); American University. Washington College of Law (Washigton, DC); National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). This map shows those states that do or do not have laws addressing the issue of consent in a relationship between staff and inmates.... Read More	1 page
2009	Improving Outcomes for People with Mental Illnesses Under Community Corrections Supervision: A Guide to Research-Informed Policy and Practice By Prins, Seth Jacob; Draper, Laura. John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation (Chicago, IL); National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). Council of State Governments. Justice Center (New York, NY). “This guide is organized around policymakers’ common questions about people with mental illnesses under community corrections supervision and the type and effectiveness of strategies designed to respond to this population” (p.3). Sections include: executive summary; introduction; the extent and nature of the problem; strategies to improve outcomes for people with mental illnesses under community corrections supervision; future research questions and implications for policy and practice; and conc... Read More	44 p.
2009	Sexual Violence in Women's Prisons and Jails: Results From Focus Group Interviews National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC); The Moss Group, Inc. (Washington, DC). Results from focus group interviews of correctional personnel from 2 women's facilities (one jail and one prison) are reported. Observations are presented according to the following areas: summary of findings; staff perspectives on sexual assault in women's correctional facilities; knowledge about sexual assault; inmate reports of sexual violence; role of previous violence and institutional behavior; characteristics of vulnerable and predatory female inmates; staff sexual misconduct -- conseque... Read More	20 p.
2009	Fifty State Survey of Vulnerable Persons Statutes National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). NIC/WUL Project on Addressing Prison Rape (Washington, DC); American University. Washington College of Law (Washington, DC); National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). This document provides information regarding enacting state, statute number, statute title, coverage, definitions and notes, penalties, and applicability to youth for criminal laws prohibiting the abuse of individuals by their caregivers.... Read More	160 p.
2009	National Directory of Programs for Women with Criminal Justice Involvement National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). Programs related to women involved with the criminal justice system are displayed by state. Information given (if provided) for each program listed are program description, agency information, program contact, related programs, who is helped, and additional information (i.e., stages of criminal justice, areas of service, keywords, program evaluation, and published curriculum availability.... Read More	1 p.
2009	Fifty State Survey of Adult Sex Offender Registration Requirements National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). NIC/WCL Project on Addressing Prison Rape (Washington, DC); American University. Washington School of Law (Washington, DC); National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). State requirements for the registration of adult sex offenders are compiled and presented. Responses (if given) are reported for: registrable offenses; whether those individuals convicted of staff sexual misconduct need to register; information maintained in sex offender registry; community notification and website; limitations on residency or employment; and duration of registration.... Read More	244 p.
2009	Fifty State Survey of Official Misconduct Statutes National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). NIC/WCL Project on Addressing Prison Rape (Washington, DC); American University. Washington School of Law (Washington, DC); National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). Statutes regarding staff misconduct are compiled and reported. Each entry supplies the following information (if provided): statute; definitions; procedure; criminal penalty; and administrative penalty.... Read More	205 p.
2009	Creating a Workforce Development Culture to Reduce Reincarceration National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC); U.S. Dept. of Justice (Washington, DC); U.S. Dept. of Education (Washington, DC). National Institute of Corrections. Transition and Offender Workforce Development Division (Washington, DC). This document highlights Vermont’s Workforce Development Program. Male participants that successfully completed the program lowered their reincarceration rate from 74% to 59% at six months following release, females lowered their rate from 63% to 38%. Topics discussed include: Creating a unique workforce culture Habits of Mind curriculum Workplace application Evidence of effectiveness Program replication Future of the program ... Read More	12 p.
2009	Improving Responses to People with Mental Illnesses: The Essential Elements of Specialized Probation Initiatives By Prins, Seth J.; Oshner, Fred C.. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). Council of State Governments Justice Center (New York, NY). “This report articulates 10 essential elements for all probation interventions that involve people with mental illnesses, regardless of the particular program model” (p. vii). The essential elements are: collaborative planning and administration; defining, identifying, and assessing a target population; designing the initiative and matching individuals to supervision and treatment options; setting conditions of community supervision; developing an individualized case plan; providing or linking t... Read More	24 p.
2009	Probation in Maine: Setting the Baseline By Rubin, Mark; Dodge, Jennifer. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). University of Southern Maine. Muskie School of Public Service (Portland, ME). "This study was conducted to determine the types, extent, and frequencies of adult probation recidivism in Maine adult probation recidivism in Maine before and during the implementation period” of a “series of evidence-based principles in community corrections with the goal of improving the effectiveness of offender management in the community” (p.1). Findings are tabulated for: characteristics of the sample; risk level by year entering probation; one-year recidivism rates by risk category and c... Read More	14 p.
2009	Probation and Split-Sentencing in Maine By Rocque, Michael A.; Rubin, Mark. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). University of Southern Maine. Muskie School of Public Service (Portland, ME). “This brief examines Maine’s sentencing practices during the pilot project, [the implementation of “a series of evidence-based principles in community corrections with the goal of improving the effectiveness of offender management in the community”], for adult probationers entering probation between 2004 and 2007” (p. 1). Topics discussed include: who received a split sentence; split-sentences in Maine are more likely to be given to more serious offenders; probationers receiving split-sentences ... Read More	4 p.
2009	Maine's Women Offenders: What Do We Know? By King, Erica. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). University of Southern Maine. Muskie School of Public Service (Portland, ME). “This study provides a descriptive analysis of the characteristics of women entering Maine’s probation system from 2004 to 2006, and examines the factors contributing to recidivism, defined as an arrest for a new crime (misdemeanor or felony) while under probation supervision” (p. 2). Tabulations of findings are presented for: characteristics of sample; returning County of Maine women probationer sample; Maine characteristics of Maine women probationer sample; risk level by year entering probati... Read More	16 p.
2009	Labor and Employment Law: Tools for Prevention, Investigation and Discipline of Staff Sexual Misconduct in Custodial Settings By Carle, Susan D.; Tuznik, Kathy; Brand, Aaron; Smith, Brenda V., ed.. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). NIC/WCL Project on Addressing Prison Rape (Washington, DC); American University. Washington College of Law (Washington, DC); National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). "In light of PREA [Prison Rape Elimination Act], as well as the development of a growing body of other law aimed at eliminating sexual abuse of persons in custody, the NIC/WCL Project has prepares this publication addressing human resources concerns related to preventing staff sexual misconduct in custodial settings” (p. 1). Sections comprising this report are: introduction; prevention—hiring, on-the-job prevention policies, specific policies in the public employment context, and implementing pr... Read More	38 p.
2009	Implementing Evidence-Based Policy and Practice in Community Corrections: Second Edition By Guevara, Meghan; Solomon, Enver. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC); Crime Justice Institute (Boston, MA). A “guide for [community corrections] agencies to transform themselves into evidence-based organizations” is provided (p.xv). Six chapters follow and executive summary: what evidence-based practice is; the integrated model; the principles of effective intervention; implementing evidence-based principles; leading organizational change and development; and collaboration for systemic change. The appendixes include: research support gradient; the search conference; and key concepts in organizational ... Read More	71 p.
2009	A Guide to Preparing for and Responding to Jail Emergencies: Self-Audit Checklists, Resource Materials, Case Studies By Schwartz, Jeffrey A.; Barry, Cynthia. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). LETRA, Inc. (Campbell, CA). This guide “will be broadly useful to U.S. jails in planning for crises, emergencies, and natural disasters and in developing the appropriate response capacities to cope with these events where they cannot be prevented” (p. vi). Six sections are contained in this publication: introduction; conducting an audit; Emergency Preparedness Self-Audit Checklist for Smaller Jails; Emergency Preparedness Self-Audit Checklist for Larger Jails; resource materials—leadership issues during crises, prevention ... Read More	180 p.
2009	Legal Responses to Sexual Violence in Custody: State Criminal Laws Prohibiting Staff Sexual Abuse of Individuals under Custodial Supervision By Smith, Brenda V.; Yarussi, Jaime M.. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). NIC/WCL Project on Addressing Prison Rape (Washington, DC); American University. Washington College of Law (Washington, DC); National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). This publication provides an overview of “criminal laws explicitly prohibiting staff sexual interactions with adults and youth under correctional supervision...and examines trends in their enactment and amendment” (p. 1). Eight chapters are contained: an introduction to staff sexual misconduct—definitions; state criminal laws coverage of agencies and personnel; state criminal laws—prohibited contact; state criminal laws—defenses to staff sexual misconduct; state criminal laws—criminal penalties;... Read More	56 p.
2008	TPC Reentry Handbook: Implementing the NIC Transition from Prison to the Community Model By Burke, Peggy B.. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). Center for Effective Public Policy (Silver Spring, MD); National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). “The TPC Reentry Handbook has been developed as a resource for a broad range of stakeholders involved in improving transition and reentry practices” (p.3). Chapters comprising this manual are: transition and reentry—a key public policy issue; the Transition from Prison to the Community (TPC) model; why and how to take on the challenge of transition and reentry—lessons from the eight TPC states (Georgia, Indiana, Michigan, Missouri, New York, North Dakota, Oregon, and Rhode Island); implementi... Read More	266 p.
2008	Understanding the Research Evaluating the Effectiveness of Batterers' Intervention Programs By Woodward, Bill; Bechtel, Kristin. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). Findings from research regarding batterers' intervention programs are reviewed. Topics covered include: the more common batterers' intervention programs available; research that has been conducted on the effectiveness of batterer's intervention programs; the effectiveness of these programs according to the research; studies suggesting program effectiveness and methodological limitations to these studies that may impact their conclusions; who batterers' intervention programs should target; varia... Read More	7 p.
2008	Achieving Accurate Pictures of Risk and Identifying Gender Responsive Needs: Two New Assessments for Women Offenders By Van Voorhis, Patricia; Salisbury, Emily; Wright, Emily; Bauman, Ashley. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). The development of new risk/needs assessments specifically designed for female offenders is discussed. This report is comprised of these sections: The case for women's needs; Development of new assessments; Construction validation research; Full instruments; Implementation considerations; Obtaining the gender-responsive assessments; And conclusion. ... Read More	26 p.
2008	Topics in Community Corrections, Annual Issue 2008: Applying Evidence-Based Practices in Pretrial Services National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). LIS, Inc. (Longmont, CO); National Institute of Corrections Information Center (Aurora, CO). Articles in this issue include: “Foreword” by Ken Rose “A Framework for Implementing Evidence-Based Practices in Pretrial Services” by John Clark “Advancing Evidence-Based Practices in the Pretrial Field” by Katie Green, Pat Smith, and Kristina Bryant “Improving Pretrial Assessment and Supervision in Colorado” by Michael R. Jones and Sue Ferrere “Pretrial Defendants: Are They Getting Too Much of a Good Thing?” by Barbara M. Hankey “Charge Specialty and Revicti... Read More	40 p.
2008	A Framework for Implementing Evidence-Based Practices in Pretrial Services By Clark, John. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). LIS, Inc. (Longmont, CO); National Institute of Corrections Information Center (Aurora, CO). "This article presents a possible framework for developing research geared toward identifying evidence-based practices in pretrial services" (p. 4). Sections of this article are: limited pretrial research exists to support evidence-based practices; start with goals; use of the Pretrial Release Standards of the American Bar Association as objectives; tasks or objectives along with related issues that should be researched; and interpreting research findings to assimilate outcomes into practices.... Read More	7 p.
2008	Advancing Evidence-Based Practices in the Pretrial Field By Green, Katie; Smith, Pat; Bryant, Kristina. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). LIS, Inc. (Longmont, CO); National Institute of Corrections Information Center (Aurora, CO). The use of evidence-based practices in Virginia's pretrial system is discussed. This article has these sections: Background; Making a difference; And the three most applicable principles of effective interventions. ... Read More	3 p.
2008	Improving Pretrial Assessment and Supervision in Colorado By Jones, Michael R.; Ferrere, Sue. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). LIS, Inc. (Longmont, CO); National Institute of Corrections Information Center (Aurora, CO). The Colorado Improving Supervised Pretrial Release (CISPR) Project, an innovative pretrial initiative, is described. This article contains these sections; introduction; aims of the CISPR Project; and CISPR phases -- develop statistically validated pretrial release risk assessment instrument, match risks and interventions, educate system stakeholders, prepare documentation, assist with local implementation, and solidify progress. Phase I should last through 2008 with following phases continuing ... Read More	5 p.
2008	Pretrial Defendants: Are They Getting Too Much of a Good Thing? By Hankey, Barbara M.. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). LIS, Inc. (Longmont, CO); National Institute of Corrections Information Center (Aurora, CO). The use of the Step Forward program offered by the Oakland County Community Corrections Division (OCCCD) is explained. This article covers: programmatic approach -- intake assessments, case planning, services and interventions, case management, and sanctions and incentives; burning questions such as justifying the use of Step Forward by pretrial defendants and determining where to draw the line for pretrial failure; success rates compared; and next steps. Step Forward has a 93% success rate for... Read More	5 p.
2008	Charge Speciality and Revictimization by Defendants Charged with Domestic Violence Offenses By Kennedy, Spurgeon. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). LIS, Inc. (Longmont, CO); National Institute of Corrections Information Center (Aurora, CO). Results from a study of the non-specialization of individuals charged with domestic violence (DV) and the relationship between DV and assaultive and criminal behaviors are reported. Sections of this article are: background; profile of domestic violence arrestees; risk factors and DV specialization; comparative failure rates; and conclusions. The most common rearrest charges for DV defendants are failure to appear (20.4%), contempt (7.1%), and simple assault (5.3%).... Read More	10 p.
2008	Pretrial Rearrests Among Domestic Violence Defendants in New York City By Peterson, Richard R.. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). LIS, Inc. (Longmont, CO); National Institute of Corrections Information Center (Aurora, CO). Pretrial rearrest among New York domestic violence (DV) defendants is examined. Sections contained in this article are: background; identifying DV and non-DV cases; offense patterns of DV and non-DV defendants; and conclusions. Since 9% of DV defendants are rearrested on a new DV offense, "victims may be at considerable risk of threats, intimidation, or retaliation during the pretrial period" (p. 38).... Read More	6 p.
2008	National Institute of Corrections Training Evaluation Project: 2008 Evaluation Results: Satisfaction, Learning, and Action Plan Progress By Wells, James B.; Minor, Kevin I.; Parson, J. Stephen. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). Commonwealth Research Consulting, Inc. (Brookline, MA). Results from the Training Evaluation Project assessing the training offered by the National Institute of Corrections are presented. Evaluations are made of more recent trainings instead of those conducted during the pilot phase of this project. The programs are Inmate Behavior Management, Administering a Small Jail, Conducting Prison Security Audits, and How to Run a Direct Supervision Housing Unit—Training for Trainers. On a 5 point scale, participants rated satisfaction with training and train... Read More	22 pages
2008	National Institute of Corrections Training Evaluation Project, 2005-2007: Training Results, Activity Level Changes, and Implementation Results By Wells, James B.; Minor, Kevin I.; Parson, J. Stephen. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). Commonwealth Research Consulting, Inc. (Brookline, MA). Results from the Training Evaluation Project assessing the training offered by the National Institute of Corrections are presented. This bulletin covers “training results (progress on training objectives), activity level changes (pre- and post-training behavior), and implementation results (in the workplace)” (p.1). Participants made moderate to substantial progress in meeting training objectives, engaged in 70.4% of key training-related behaviors, and made moderate progress implementing trainin... Read More	14 pages
2008	Bringing Sense and Sensibility to Corrections: From Programs to 'Fix' Offenders to Services to Support Desistance By Porporino, Frank J.. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). “This paper focuses on what a more integrative correctional practice framework might look like that aims to be more broadly evidence-based, paying attention to the growing knowledge base about what seems to assist offenders most in their ongoing and difficult struggles to desist” (p.1).... Read More	37 p.
2007	National Institute of Corrections Training Academy Evaluation Project, 2005-2006: Participant Evaluation of Trainers By Wells, James B.; Minor, Kevin I.; Parson, J. Stephen. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). Eastern Kentucky University. Center for Criminal Justice Education and Research (Richmond, KY). Results from the Training Academy Evaluation Project (TAEP) assessing the training offered by the National Institute of Corrections' Academy are presented. This bulletin discusses how participants felt about individual trainers. Some highlights include: twenty-eight of the 34 trainers received high marks for satisfaction while also receiving an average score of 98% for them to lead classes again. The trainer strength most noted was knowledge of the field (27%), with the trainer weakness most oft... Read More	12 p.
2007	Gender-Responsive Risk/Needs Assessment, Final Report By Wright, Emily; Van Voorhis, Patricia; Bauman, Ashley; Salisbury, Emily. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). University of Cincinnati. Center for Criminal Justice Research (Cincinnati, OH). Results are provided from an evaluation of the gender-responsive risk/needs assessment used by Minnesota, the LSI-R (Level of Service Inventory-Revised), and a supplement called the "trailer". Sections comprising this report include: project history; women offenders and risk assessment; study methodology; results; construction of the final trailer instrument; treatment and policy implications; implementation considerations; and conclusion.... Read More	117 p.
2007	A Gender Responsive Risk Assessment for Women Offenders: Results for the Missouri Department of Corrections Probation, Prison, and Pre-Release Samples By Van Voorhis, Patricia; Salisbury, Emily; Wright, Emily; Bauman, Ashley; Holsinger, Kristi. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). University of Cincinnati. Center for Criminal Justice Research (Cincinnati, OH). Results are reported for an evaluation of a stand alone risk/needs assessment instrument for female offenders developed for the Missouri Department of Corrections. Sections of this document include: gender responsive needs; Missouri Project history; methodology; analyses of findings; implementation issues; and conclusion.... Read More	100 p.
2007	Managing Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Intersex Inmates: Is Your Jail Ready? By Leach, Donald L., II. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). LIS, Inc. (Longmont, CO); National Institute of Corrections Information Center (Aurora, CO). The management of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex inmates (LGBTI) in a jail setting is addressed. Sections contained in this article are: a terminology lesson; the sexual being -- physiognomy, gender identity, and sexual orientation; and responses in the jail regarding medical care, data systems, security, housing, and clothing.... Read More	6 p.
2007	Effectively Managing a Multi-Generational Workforce in Corrections [Lesson Plans and Participant's Manual] By McCampbell, Susan W.; Rubin, Paula N.. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). Center for Innovative Public Policies, Inc. (Naples, FL). A 16-hour training program on how to manage up to four generations in one workplace is presented. "This revision builds on and revises the instructions in the 2004 curriculum, and therefore, that information will not be repeated here. Please be sure to review that curriculum, Instructor’s Guide and Activity Guide. A vast amount of new information has been published about multi-generational workplaces since this curriculum was developed in 2003 and published by NIC in 2004. A revised list of r... Read More
2007	Neuroscience and Correctional Facility Design Workshop: Understanding Cognitive Processes in Correctional Settings: Workshop Report By Facrbstein, Jay; Farling, Melissa. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). Jay Farbstein & Associates, Inc. (JFA) (San Luis Obispo, CA). This workshop created an agenda for undertaking neuroscience research in correctional settings. The report presents a detailed account of the presentation and discussion held at this workshop. Sections of this document include: introduction and overview; summary of introductory presentations; summary of work groups—hypothesis and research projects; summary of general discussion; and conclusions and next steps. Appendixes provide copies of overheads use for presentations regarding: “Neuroscience ... Read More	144 pages
2007	Building Culture Strategically: A Team Approach for Corrections National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC); Carol Flaherty-Zonis Associates (Scottsdale, AZ). “This guide, a product of the National institute of Corrections’ (NIC’s) Institutional Culture Initiative, presents a model designed to produce higher quality work, build collaboration and interdependence, create safer and more secure environments, and, ultimately, help correctional facilities move strategically toward more positive culture that will improve the quality of life for both staff and offenders" (p.iii). Chapters contained in this guide are: What organizational culture is; ... Read More	ca. 270 p.
2007	National Institute of Corrections Training Academy Evaluation Project, 2005-2006: Participant Demographics, Overall Evaluation of Training, and Applicability Ratings By Wells, James B.; Minor, Kevin I.; Wallace, Lisa H.; Parson, J. Stephen. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). Eastern Kentucky University. Center for Criminal Justice Education and Research (Richmond, KY). Initial results from the Training Academy Evaluation Project (TAEP) assessing the training offered by the National Institute of Corrections' Academy are presented. Sections of this bulletin are: highlights; research strategy; findings regarding participant demographic and background profile, participants' overall evaluation of training, participants' evaluations of training applicability, and pre/post comparison of perceived applicability; and future directions. Overall, participants rate the t... Read More	12 p.
2007	LJN Exchange, Annual Issue 2007; Large Jail Network Exchange, Annual Issue 2007 National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). LIS, Inc. (Longmont, CO); National Institute of Corrections Information Center (Aurora, CO). This issue contains: “Foreword” By Richard Geaither; “An Interview with NIC Jails Division Chief Virginia Hutchinson” by Connie Clem; “Applying New Vulnerability Assessment Tools in Hennepin County” by Mike Wresh; “Controlling Inmate Population Size: A Case Study of 20 Years of Success” by Marilyn Chandler Ford; “The Criminal Registration Unit: Hillsborough County’s Answer to an Unfunded Mandate” by Jimmy Compton and David M. Parrish; “No Vacancies? Osceola County Finds Keys to Attract and Reta... Read More	56 p.
2007	Topics in Community Corrections, Annual Issue 2007: Promising Strategies in Transition from Prison National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). LIS, Inc. (Longmont, CO); National Institute of Corrections Information Center (Aurora, CO). Issue contents are: “Foreword” by Kermit Humphries; “An Overview of NIC’s Transition from Prison to the Community Initiative” by Peggy B. Burke; “Rising to the Challenge of Applying Evidence-Based Practices Across the Spectrum of a State Parole Board” by Sherry Tate and Catherine C. McVey; “Collaboration and Partnership in the Community: Advancing the Michigan Prisoner ReEntry Initiative” by Le’Ann Duran; “Providing Tools for Risk Reduction Case Management in Parole and Community Corrections” by... Read More	74 p.
2007	An Overview of NIC's Transition from Prison to the Community Initiative By Burke, Peggy B.. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). LIS, Inc. (Longmont, CO); National Institute of Corrections Information Center (Aurora, CO). The Transition from Prison to the Community (TPC) Initiative, launched by the National Institute of Corrections (NIC) is described. This article covers distinctive elements of the TPC Model and major implementation components.... Read More	7 p.
2007	Rising to the Challenge of Applying Evidence-Based Practices Across the Spectrum of a State Parole System By Tate, Sherry; McVey, Catherine C.. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). LIS, Inc. (Longmont, CO); National Institute of Corrections Information Center (Aurora, CO). The use of evidence-based practices to improve discretionary parole system is explained. This article is comprised of these sections: releasing the right offender at the right time; shifting to a case management model for reentry; designing a new technical parole violator (TPV) management program; development of statewide and local performance measures; and building a case for additional budget resources.... Read More	8 p.
2007	Collaboration and Partnership in the Community: Advancing the Michigan Prisoner ReEntry Initiative By Duran, Le'Ann. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). LIS, Inc. (Longmont, CO); National Institute of Corrections Information Center (Aurora, CO). "This article examines five key attributes of partnership and collaboration deemed essential as the Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC) developed the Michigan Prisoner ReEntry Initiative (MPRI)" (p. 19). These elements are systems thinking, fostering unified commitment, organizing and structuring partnerships, catalyzing change, and mutual capacity building.... Read More	9 p.
2007	Providing Tools for Risk Reduction Case Management in Parole and Community Corrections By Pellant, Keven; Phelps, Margie. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). LIS, Inc. (Longmont, CO); National Institute of Corrections Information Center (Aurora, CO). The Kansas Offender Risk Reduction & Reentry Plan (KOR3P) is described. Sections comprising this article are: the basics; the key of skill development; moving risk reduction into community corrections; and collaboration for progress.... Read More	7 p.
2007	Improving Parole Outcomes with Performance Leadership and Data: Doing What Works By Hunter, Danny; Braucht, George; Prevost, John. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). LIS, Inc. (Longmont, CO); National Institute of Corrections Information Center (Aurora, CO). "This article describes the evolution of the Georgia Parole Board's business-oriented data and performance leadership model" (p. 35). Topics covered include: business is data driven, government should be, too; Georgia's data-driven TCPI (Transition From Prison to the Community Initiative) plan; computerized information systems -- essential data to support accountability measures; managing with the right data; effective reports -- easy to access, read, and understand the causal link; performance... Read More	10 p.
2007	Working Together to Improve Reentry: Bridging Budgets and Programs, Public and Private, Prison and the Community By Martin, Ginger. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). LIS, Inc. (Longmont, CO); National Institute of Corrections Information Center (Aurora, CO). Some of the improvements made to Oregon's offender reentry transition process are highlighted. Partnerships include: the Oregon Trail Card (debit card); identification and driver's license; transitional housing; family planning; pro-social supports; and the Governor's Re-Entry Council.... Read More	4 p.
2007	Ensuring Successful Offender Reentry: Umatilla/Morrow County "Reach-In" Services By Royal, Mark. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). LIS, Inc. (Longmont, CO); National Institute of Corrections Information Center (Aurora, CO). The use of reach-in to improve the transition process is explained. Reach-in "provides a simple method of contacting an offender prior to release from prison or jail custody for the purpose of coordinating services upon release" (p. 49). This article is comprised of these sections: Oregon's model for post-prison supervision; what reach-in is; the reach-in process; partnerships between counties and the Oregon Department of Corrections; and indicators of success -- recidivism dropped from 37.5% t... Read More	7 p.
2007	Creating Better Transitions at Indiana's Plainfield Reentry Educational Facility By Lloyd, Michael. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). LIS, Inc. (Longmont, CO); National Institute of Corrections Information Center (Aurora, CO). This article highlights the "flagship" of Indiana's reentry initiatives -- the Plainfield Reentry Educational Facility (PREF). Sections cover: the focus is reducing recidivism; the PREF philosophy; PREF program elements -- education and vocational skills development; employment assistance, families and children reunification, financial services, and life skills; and coordination at release.... Read More	4 p.
2007	Gender-Responsive Reentry in Rhode Island: A Long and Winding Road By Derrick, Bree. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). LIS, Inc. (Longmont, CO); National Institute of Corrections Information Center (Aurora, CO). Gender-responsive offender reentry efforts for female offenders in Rhode Island are discussed. Sections contained in this article are: introduction; reentry -- a statewide focus; women's issues past and present; consciously implementing a gender-responsive approach -- assessments, program examination and updates, and field services; and challenges in reentry.... Read More	6 p.
2007	Missouri Makes Its Move Toward a New Reentry Philosophy By Boehm, Julie. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). LIS, Inc. (Longmont, CO); National Institute of Corrections Information Center (Aurora, CO). The use of the Transition from Prison to the Community (TPC) model to improve offender transition in Missouri is explained. This article contains the following sections: preparing for change; addressing barriers to success -- employment, substance abuse, mental health, education, veterans' assistance, families, and transportation; preparing for release -- Transitional Housing Unit (THU), Transition Accountability Plan (TAP), and Integrated Case Management Model; extending connections; and celeb... Read More	8 p.
2007	PREA Statewide Probation and Parole Direction National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). The Moss Group, Inc. (Washington, DC); National Institute of Corrections. Community Corrections Division (Washington, DC). "This paper is the initial product of the work group [of six state directors of probation and parole] and summarizes its deliberations and findings" (p. 3). Sections of this document include: background; preamble; what PREA (Prison Rape Elimination Act) is and what it requires; what PREA requires of community corrections agencies and when; suggested practices in community corrections -- key points of discussion (i.e., systemic approach, law, policy, training, operational considerations, investi... Read More	27 p.
2007	Sheriff's Guide to Effective Jail Operations By Martin, Mark D.; Katsampes, Paul. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). "This guide provides an overview of the sheriff's roles and responsibilities with regard to the jail along with basic information on critical aspects of jail operations and management" (p. v). This publication is comprised of the following seven chapters: role, purpose, and characteristics of the jail; sheriff's roles and responsibilities; providing effective leadership and support for the jail; liability and standards; jail physical plant; critical aspects of jail operations; and so much to le... Read More	54 p.
2007	Increasing Collaboration Between Corrections and Mental Health Organizations: Kansas Case Study National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). Council of State Governments. Criminal Justice Mental Health Consensus Project (Lexington, KY); National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). The COR-Pathways (Community Offender Resources Pathways) transition planning program, a collaboration between the Kansas Department of Corrections (DOC) and Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services (SRS), is described and evaluated. Sections contained in this case study are: introduction; summary of initiatives for re-entering offenders with mental illness; building collaboration (2001-2003); breaking new ground (2003-2005); evaluating program impact; looking ahead -- challenges; lookin... Read More	16 p.
2007	Increasing Collaboration Between Corrections and Mental Health Organizations: Orange County Case Study National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). Council of State Governments. Criminal Justice Mental Health Consensus Project (Lexington, KY); National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). The use of the Mental Health Pretrial Release Program (MHPTR) by the Orange County Jail, in order to identify those individuals with mental illness who can be safely supervised in the community prior to their trials, is discussed. Seven sections comprising this case study are: introduction; summary of initiatives; first steps -- 1999-2004; beyond the Central Receiving Center -- 2004-2006; assessing the impact of new initiatives; looking ahead -- challenges; and dimensions of collaboration. Succ... Read More	20 p.
2007	Jail Inspection Basics: Supervisors Guide By Rosazza, Thomas A.. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). This guide prepares supervisors for conversations with new inspectors taking the "Jail Inspection Basics: An Introductory Self-Study Course for Jail Inspectors" self-guided course (NIC accession no. 022124). Questions and answer keys are provided along with discussion topics for each chapter.... Read More	78 p.
2007	Jail Inspection Basics: An Introductory Self-Study Course for Jail Inspectors By Rosazza, Thomas A.. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). This self-paced, self-instruction course explains the role and responsibilities of a jail inspector. Questions are asked at the end of each chapter which lead to answers from and discussion with their supervisors. Supervisors use the publication "Jail Inspection Basics: Supervisors Guide" (NIC accession no. 022123). Chapters cover: legal issues; standards; the inspection process; facility design; communication; government structures and processes; and resources.... Read More	136 p.
2007	Annotated Bibliography on Prison Rape/Inmate Sexual Assault By Clem, Connie. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). LIS, Inc. (Longmont, CO); National Institute of Corrections Information Center (Longmont, CO). One hundred and sixty-four resources about inmate sexual assault/prison rape are cited. Entries are organized into the following areas: general information on inmate sexual assault--statutes and caselaw, journal literature, books and reports, and bibliographies and webliographies; federal initiatives to address inmate sexual assault--general resources, annual reports to Congress, and incidence research (methodology and findings); resources for correctional operations--general resources, agency ... Read More	41 p.
2007	Investigating Sexual Assaults in Correctional Facilities National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC); The Moss Group, Inc. (Washington, DC). Problems with the investigation of sexual assaults (inmate on inmate sexual assault and staff sexual misconduct) in correctional facilities are discussed. Sections following an executive summary are: inmate-related issues in investigating sexual violence; staff barriers to investigations; investigating staff sexual misconduct; additional issues affecting investigations; outside factors; and conclusion.... Read More	20 p.
2007	How to Collect and Analyze Data: A Manual for Sheriffs and Jail Administrators By Elias, Gail. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). Voorhis Associates (Lafayette, CO); National Institute of Corrections. Jails Division (Longmont, CO). Anyone who needs to gather and analyze data concerning various jail-related issues will find this manual useful. This document provides guidance on how information can fuel policy decision making. Chapters comprising this guide are: introduction; good management requires good information; information that should be collected; preparing for the data collection; how to locate and capture information; how to put it all together; how to analyze information; how to interpret information; sharing info... Read More	220 p.
2007	Breaking the Code of Silence: Correction Officers' Handbook on Identifying and Addressing Sexual Misconduct By Smith, Brenda V.; Yarussi, Jaime M.. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). NIC/WCL Project on Addressing Prison Rape (Washington, DC); American University. Washington College of Law (Washington, DC); National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). Critical issues related to staff sexual misconduct with offenders are discussed. Sections of this handbook are: introduction; the need to talk about this now; what staff sexual misconduct entails; consequences of staff sexual misconduct; how correctional environments enable sexual misconduct; victimization; communication, gender, and abuse histories; tools for defining and identifying inappropriate relationships with offenders; what happens when an allegation of staff sexual misconduct is made;... Read More	119 p.
2006	Children of Incarcerated Parents: Trainer's Guide [and] Participant Resources National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). Child Welfare League of America (Washington, DC). Issues affecting the children of incarcerated parents are discussed during this twelve-hour training program. Modules include: What everyone should know -- who the children of incarcerated parents are, the impact of parental incarceration on children, and what we can do; How the child experiences parental incarceration -- child development and attachment and the child’s view of parental incarceration; Teamwork toward resilience -- what resilience is and strategies for promo... Read More	2 v. (v. 1 - 141 p., v. 2 - 70 p.) + 1 computer disk; CD-ROM
2006	Cost Effective In-Service Training Alternatives for Small Jails By Reid, Tom. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). Minnesota Jail Resource Center (St. Paul, MN); National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). "This Training Resource Package recommends several cost-effective methods of providing in-service training for existing staff (p.3)." Sections of this document include: theme--if it meets all the requirements of "Defendable Training," it is training; executive summary; introduction; needs; training delivery options--in-service field training, shift overlap training delivery sessions, experiential training, shift scenario reviews, staff independent studies programs, training presentations during ... Read More	16 p.
2006	Getting It Right: Collaborative Problem Solving for Criminal Justice By Ney, Becki McGarry, Peggy. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). National Institute of Corrections. Criminal Justice System Project (Washington, DC) Center for Effective Public Policy (Silver Spring, MD). This "guide spells out a practical team-based approach to envisioning the kind of criminal justice system a community wants, assessing the current system, and planning and implementing strategies for 'getting it right'" (p.ix). Five sections comprise this manual: an overview of a comprehensive planning process; establishing the policy team and the process; keeping the focus on outcomes; building an understanding of your system; and moving from understanding to change.... Read More	212 p.
2006	Trends from Focus Group Interviews National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC); The Moss Group, Inc. (Washington, DC). Findings from focus group interviews of correctional personnel are reported. Observations are presented according to the following topics: staff perspectives on sexual violence policy; changing attitudes; inmate culture; causes and conditions of sexual violence; indicators of assault; characteristics of potential inmate victims and predators; places of sexual assault; staff responding to sexual assault; staff and inmate training; women's facilities; jails; investigations; prosecution; community... Read More	24 p.
2006	Responding to Women Offenders: The Department of Women's Justice Services in Cook County, Illinois By Berman, Judy. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). The development and implementation of the Cook County Sheriff's Department of Women's Justice Services (DWJS) is discussed. This bulletin is comprised of these sections: introduction; background; the decisionmaking process; decision point mapping example -- custody/release; creating the DWJS; gender-responsive innovations; meeting the healthcare needs of women offenders in Cook County; and challenges and accomplishments.... Read More	8 p.
2006	OES: Building Bridges National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). National Institute of Corrections. Offender Workforce Development Division (Washington, DC). "OES: Building Bridges" is a training program featuring a variety of OES (Offender Employment Specialist) professionals in jails, prisons, probation and parole, community corrections, community-based organizations, and faith-based organizations. These individuals demonstrate best practices, discuss ways for overcoming challenges, and identify tools and strategies for improving outcomes in offender employment. A guide book covering the following is also included: about this training; navigati... Read More	1 computer disk; CD-ROM + 5 computer disks; DVD-ROM (991 min.)
2006	50 State Survey of Sexual Offenses Against Children (Statutory Rape) National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). NIC/WCL Project on Addressing Prison Rape (Washington, DC); American University. Washington College of Law (Washington, DC); National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). The responses from a survey about laws concerning the statutory rape of children are presented. Offense type, description, and penalty are noted.... Read More	160 p.
2006	50 State Survey on Sex Offender Registry National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). NIC/WCL Project on Addressing Prison Rape (Washington, DC); American University. Washington College of Law (Washington, DC); National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). Results from a survey on sex offenders registry are provided. Questions asked are: Citation(s) of statutes(s); Registrable offenses with citations; And the state agency responsible for maintaining sex offender registry. ... Read More	33 p.
2006	Policies Prohibiting Staff-Felon Relationships By Smith, Brenda V.; Simonian, Nairi M.. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). NIC/WCL Project on Addressing Prison Rape (Washington, DC); American University. Washington College of Law (Washington, DC); National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). Case law concerning the relationships of correctional officers and inmates in prison or in the community is discussed. Sections of this memorandum include: background; brief answer -- it is permissible to limit staff inmate relationships; case law in the Ninth Circuit; Freedom of Association case law in other jurisdictions; exceptions to the majority view; and conclusion with seven tips for developing a policy prohibiting staff-offender relations.... Read More	15 p.
2006	Women Offender Case Management Model National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). Orbis Partners, Inc. (Ottawa, Ontario). The gender-responsive Women Offender Case Management Model (WOCMM) is described. This document covers: the history of the project; philosophy and core practices; process incorporating four core elements (e.g., engage and assess, enhance motivation, implement the case plan, and review progress); preparing for implementation; and evaluation.... Read More	66 p.
2006	Jail Site Evaluation and Selection By Ricci, Ken. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). National Institute of Corrections. Jails Division (Longmont, CO). Guidance is provided for successfully identifying, evaluating, and selecting jail sites. This bulletin contains the following sections: case study -- why systematic jail site selection is important; the SEQRA (state environmental quality review act) model; preliminary considerations; five-step site selection process; case study -- the cost of overreacting to public concerns; case study -- an example of rural site selection; case study -- an example of jail expansion on an urban site; case study... Read More	16 p.
2006	Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA): Considerations for Policy Review National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). The Moss Group, Inc. (Washington, DC); National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). A policy review guide designed to assist in drafting PREA (Prison Rape Elimination Act) policies for review by the National Institute of Corrections is provided. Sections of this document are: purpose; questions to consider -- policy organization, definitions, zero tolerance, staff/offender duty to report, prevention, and investigations (e.g., general, selection and training of investigators, protocols, and aftermath); and list of resources.... Read More	14 p.
2006	Correctional Internal Affairs Investigators Job Analysis National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). A job profile for an Internal Affairs Investigator in state operated adult correctional facilities is provided. This report contains these sections: executive summary; introduction; overview of the DACUM job analysis; DACUM job analysis results for Correctional Internal Affairs Investigators; top training tasks for new and veteran Internal Affairs Investigators in the Kentucky Department of Corrections; comparing Correctional Investigator training needs with the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PRE... Read More	40 p.
2006	Direct Supervision Jails: 2006 Sourcebook National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). LIS, Inc. (Longmont, CO); National Institute of Corrections Information Center (Longmont, CO); National Institute of Corrections. Jails Division (Longmont, CO). A directory of facilities that utilize the direct supervision concept of jail design and management is provided. Organized by state, entries provide the following information: facility name, address, description and status, year opened, contact person, facility capacity, direct supervision pods, direct supervision beds, largest direct supervision pod size, maximum inmates per officer, direct supervision dormitories, non-direct pods, disciplinary or high-security beds, and notes. An appendix pro... Read More	204 p.
2006	The Culture of Prison Sexual Violence By Fleisher, Mark S.; Krienert, Jessie L.. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). Results from a national, "socio-cultural study of prison sexual violence in men's and women's high-security prisons across the United States" are provided. Five chapters follow an executive summary: historical perspectives on prison culture and sexual violence research; research design and methodology; social-cultural and verbal dynamics of sexual violence; the culture of sexual victimization; and management of prison sexual violence. A lexicon of the culture of prison sex is also included. The... Read More	332 p.
2006	Gender Responsive Risk/Needs Assessment, Final Report By Van Voorhis, Patricia; Salisbury, Emily; Bauman, Ashley; Wright, Emily . National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). University of Cincinnati. Center for Criminal Justice Research (Cincinnati, OH). Results from the Gender-Responsive Risk/Needs Assessment Project for Maui CARE are provided. Maui CARE is an "interagency collaboration with the communities of Maui, Molokai, and Lanai to improve criminal justice responses and outcomes for women and their families" (p. 9). This report contains sections about: project history; supporting research; study methodology; results; construction of the final trailer; summary of implementation considerations; and summary of policy implications.... Read More	75 p.
2006	Correctional Leadership Competencies for the 21st Century: Manager and Supervisor Levels By Campbell, Nancy M.; Mactavish, Marie; Dobel, J. Patrick; Lucey, Barbara; Edington, Teddi; Yates, Cindi; Woodward, William. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). Campbell Consulting (Bainbridge Island, WA); National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). Characteristics that result in the best performance of correctional managers and supervisors are identified along with key skills, knowledge, and attributes of effective and successful leaders which are then linked to a set of specific behaviors. This manual includes an executive summary and the following chapters: managerial profiles; ethics and values; interpersonal relationships; oral and written communication; motivating others; developing direct reports; managing conflict; team building; c... Read More	316 p.
2005	Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) Summary of Responses from Juvenile Focus Group on Staff Sexual Misconduct and Youth on Youth Sexual Assault National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). The Moss Group, Inc. (Washington, DC); National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). Responses to thirteen questions regarding curriculum related to staff sexual misconduct with youth and youth on youth sexual assault are provided. "The objectives of the focus groups included: (1) to gather data that will inform NIC [National Institute of Corrections] in how to best develop a juvenile oriented curriculum on staff sexual misconduct; (2) to gather data that will guide NIC in identifying the major staff sexual misconduct related issues in juvenile corrections, including what stakeh... Read More	24 p.
2005	Women Offender Transition and Reentry: Gender Responsive Approaches to Transitioning Women Offenders from Prison to the Community By Berman, Judith. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). Center for Effective Public Policy (Silver Spring, MD). "This document summarizes the work on gender responsive approaches to women offenders in the context of the TPC [Transition from Prison to Community] Initiative, a system-wide approach to facilitating more effective transition of offenders from prison to the community" (p. 37). Sections comprising this report are: introduction; the need for gender responsiveness; women and transition -- assessment, behavior and programming, release preparation, release preparation; release, supervision and serv... Read More	44 p.
2005	Mental Health Consultant Report By White, Thomas. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). Iowa Dept. of Corrections. Iowa State Penitentiary. Clinical Care Unit (Des Moines, IA). Results from an evaluation of the treatment of mentally ill inmates housed in the CCU (Critical Care Unit) of the Iowa State Penitentiary are provided. Sections of this report include: comments from the Iowa Department of Corrections; cover letter to the study proper; background and overview; findings regarding recent suicide deaths of four offenders, mental health/treatment issues, and security issues; summary of suicide death review; overview of management and personnel issues; evaluation of ... Read More	54 p.
2005	Parole Violations Revisited: A Site to Help Strengthen Parole Practices for Public Safety and Successful Transition to the Community National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). Center for Effective Public Policy (Silver Spring, MD); National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). Guidance for developing policy-driven and effective responses to technical parole violations can be found at this website. Points of entry include: myths and facts about parole; why violations and revocations are important; what we need to know -- lessons learned; targets of change and innovative solutions; innovations in four states; assessing your readiness for change; mobilizing for change; six steps to change; and tools for change. This website is an electronic version of the publication "P... Read More	2 p.
2005	Serving Children and Families of Adult Offenders: A Directory of Programs By Mustin, James W; D'Arville, Donna; Schmalz-Riedt, Yvette. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). Identifies programs in the U.S. and Canada that offer services specifically for children and families of adult offenders. Each entry provides the following information: telephone, address, e-mail, website, contact person(s), area served, year established, publications, and a brief description of the program and its services.... Read More	71 p.
2005	Resource Manual for Transition to a New Jail By Elias, Gail; Milosovich, John. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). Voorhis Associates (Lafayette, CO); National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). "[T]his resource document will assist agencies starting the process of planning for a successful transition to a new detention facility" (p. iii). Nine chapters comprise this manual: introduction; transitional management; construction; staff/human resources; document development; training and orientation; furniture, fixtures, equipment, and supplies; move logistics; and transition themes of managing change and community relations.... Read More	210 p.
2005	A Summary of Research, Practice, and Guiding Principles for Women Offenders. The Gender-Responsive Strategies Project: Approach and Findings By Bloom, Barbara; Owen, Barbara; Covington, Stephanie. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). Reviews information on gender-specific policies, programs, and services in corrections. Topics covered by this bulletin include: the Gender-Responsive Strategies Project -- approach and findings; defining gender responsiveness; national profile of women offenders; the foundation for the principles a new vision -- six guiding principles for a gender-responsive criminal justice system; general strategies for implementing guiding principles; gender-responsive policy elements; and conclusion -- add... Read More	12 p.
2005	Correctional Leadership Competencies for the 21st Century: Executive and Senior Levels By Campbell, Nancy M. Mactavish, Marie Dobel, Patrick Katsampes, Paul Yates, Cindi. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). Campbell Consulting (Bainbridge Island, WA) National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). Characteristics that result in the best performance of executive and senior level leaders are identified along with the key skills, knowledge, and attributes of effective and successful leaders which are then linked to a set of specific behaviors. Following an executive summary, this manual provides an exploration of: managerial profiles; self awareness; ethics and values; vision and mission; strategic thinking; managing the external environment; power and influence; strategic planning and perf... Read More	226 p.
2005	A Guide to Preparing for and Responding to Prison Emergencies: Self-Audit Checklists, National Survey Results, Resource Materials, [and] Case Studies By Schwartz, Jeffrey A.; Barry, Cynthia. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). LETRA, Inc. (Campbell, CA); National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). Information regarding prison emergency preparedness is presented. This guide is comprised of the following sections: introduction; conducting an audit; self-audit checklists--emergency preparedness, natural disaster/HAZMAT/fire, and counterterrorism; Report on the National Survey of Emergency Readiness in Prisons; resource materials--leadership issues during crises, prevention of prison emergencies, emergency teams, and prisons and counterterrorism; and case studies.... Read More	323 p.
2005	The Gender-Responsive Strategies Project: Jail Applications By McCampbell, Susan W.. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). Current research about women offenders and strategies for evaluating current operating procedures related to women offenders are covered. Sections of this bulletin include: introduction; women in jail -- their numbers and characteristics; the Gender-Responsive Strategies project -- approach and findings; six gender-responsive guiding principles -- implications for jail administrators; jail classification and gender-responsive strategies for implementation in a jail setting; challenges and how t... Read More	27 p.
2005	Supervision of Women Defendants and Offenders in the Community By Sydney, Linda. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). The use of gender-responsive strategies with women involved in the community corrections system is explained. Sections comprising this report are: what community corrections is; what gender-responsiveness for women offenders in community corrections is; definition of gender-responsiveness for women in the criminal justice system; summary of gender-responsive research; characteristics of women offenders in the criminal justice system (e.g., types of offenses, substance abuse, health, children an... Read More	24 p.
2005	Using Jail Exit Surveys to Improve Community Responses to Women Offenders By Ney, Becki; Martin, Teri K.. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). 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 local jail" is described (p. 1). Sections of this bulletin are: introduction; how one jurisdiction used data to inform responses to women offenders; reasons for conducting a jail exit survey; what a jail exit survey entails; tips for getting started; designing a jail exit survey; understanding jail exit survey information; comprehensive listing of major... Read More	19 p.
2005	Systemic Criminal Justice Planning: Improving Responses to Women Offenders in Hamilton County, Ohio By Berman, Judy. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). The use of systemic criminal justice planning by Hamilton County (OH) to improve services and programming for women offenders is reviewed. This bulletin is comprised of the following sections: introduction; the systemic planning process; members of the Intermediate Sanctions for Women Offenders Policy Team; steps in the collaborative systemic planning process (chart); how decision mapping works; sample findings and results; the Alternative Interventions for Women (AIW) Treatment Program; and le... Read More	15 p.
2005	Facilitating Restorative Group Conferences: Updated 2003 Information [Lesson Plans and Participant's Guide] National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). Minnesota Dept. of Corrections (St. Paul, MN). Access to a curriculum for those individuals who will conduct restorative group conferences - "a process that seeks to identify, repair and prevent harm, based in restorative justice values including meaningful accountability" - is provided at this website. Lessons presented are: introduction; conferencing and restorative justice; understanding the participants; role of the facilitator; further development of conferencing skills; and next steps. PowerPoint presentations, worksheets, and sample ... Read More	2 p.
2005	Motivational Interviewing: An Introduction [Lesson Plan and Participant's Manual] National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). Hampton-Newport News Criminal Justice Agency (Hampton, VA); Orbis Partners, Inc. (Ottawa, CA). The use of motivational interviewing during the case management process is covered during this 10-hour course. Modules include: setting the context; motivational interviewing; assess motivation; stage matched motivational strategies; applying motivational interviewing -- effective case work (e.g., case analysis, feedback, prioritize, assess motivation, focusing, and review and update); and enhancing treatment compliance. The accompanying Training the Trainer program is 24-hours long.... Read More	186 p.
2005	Welcome to the Collaborative Justice Resource Center National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC); State Justice Institute (Alexandria, VA). Center for Effective Public Policy (Silver Springs, MD). Information about collaborations and partnerships in criminal justice is available at this website. Points of entry include: collaborative justice -- what it is, who collaborates, and reasons for collaborating; assess your team; how to collaborate; tips and ideas; resources -- special topics and general; project products; assistance available; mailing list; links; and contact information.... Read More	2 p.
2005	The Emergence of Collaboration as the Preferred Approach in Criminal Justice By Carter, Madeline M., ed.. State Justice Institute (Alexandria, VA); National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). National Resource Center on Collaboration in Criminal and Juvenile Justice Systems(Silver Spring, MD); Center for Effective Public Policy (Silver Spring, MD). This report "suggests that justice can be more effectively served when those tasked with carrying it out define their roles, responsibilities, and relationship to one another differently and work together in pursuit of shared visions, missions, and goals" (p.1). Sections comprising this document are: background; the dilemma -- forming collaboratives in an adversarial system; what we know about collaboration; how collaboration is applied in other public policy arenas; the application of the coll... Read More	10 p.
2005	The Role of Facilitators and Staff in Supporting Collaborative Teams By Gilligan, Leilah; Carter, Madeline M.. State Justice Institute (Alexandria, VA); National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). National Resource Center on Collaboration in the Criminal and Juvenile Justice Systems (Silver Spring, MD); Center for Effective Public Policy (Silver Spring, MD). The need for facilitators and staff to support collaborative teams is explained. Topics discussed include: the importance of attending to team process functions; the skills and characteristics of effective facilitators; the role and responsibilities of staff providing support to the team; and identifying facilitation and staff support.... Read More	6 p.
2005	The Importance of Collaborative Leadership in Achieving Effective Criminal Justice Outcomes By Carter, Madeline M.. State Justice Institute (Alexandria, VA); National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). National Resource Center on Collaboration in the Criminal and Juvenile Justice Systems (Silver Spring, MD); Center for Effective Public Policy (Silver Spring, MD). Lessons learned from collaborative leadership are imparted. Eight lessons are organized into the following sections: what is means to be a great leader -- lessons from the orchestra; why leadership is important to the effectiveness of justice-related collaboratives; distinguishing management from leadership; distinguishing leadership roles from leadership skills; defining collaborative leadership; common qualities of effective collaborative leaders; common skills of effective collaborative lead... Read More	6 p.
2005	The Importance of Data and Information in Achieving Successful Criminal Justice Outcomes By Carter, Madeline M.. State Justice Institute (Alexandria, VA); National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). National Resource Center on Collaboration in the Criminal and Juvenile Justice Systems (Silver Spring, MD); Center for Effective Public Policy (Silver Spring, MD). This "monograph will focus on the rationale for using data to inform policy development -- the role of data and information in policy development -- and its sources" (p.1-2). Topics discussed include: the need for data and information to support policy decisions; good intentions, bad results; valuing information to define solutions versus playing the "Whack a Mole" game; using data to inform decision making; identifying the critical data needs of a policy team; and the value of information and ... Read More	6 p.
2005	Addressing Staff Sexual Misconduct with Youth National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC); Washington College of Law (Washington, DC). Materials used during this training program addressing staff sexual misconduct with youth are available at this website. Participants of this course will be able to: define and understand the scope and impact of PREA (Prison Rape Elimination Act) in juvenile settings; understand the links between law and policy in eradicating the sexual abuse of juveniles under correctional supervision; understand the significance and impact of organizational and institutional culture on eliminating sexual viol... Read More	2 p.
2004	Planning and Intervention Sites Funded to Address the Needs of Children of Incarcerated Parents: Final Report By Bush-Baskette, Stephanie; Patino, Vanessa. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC); Child Welfare League of America (Washington, DC). National Council on Crime and Delinquency (Oakland, CA). Results from a process and outcome evaluation of program development for demonstration sites of programs that address the needs of children with incarcerated parents are presented. Sections contained in this report are: executive summary; introduction; challenges faced by children of incarcerated parents; overview of the initiative, planning sites, and intervention sites; evaluation overview; case studies; Board interviews; summary of findings; and conclusion and implications for future program... Read More	131 p.
2004	Preventing and Addressing Staff Sexual Misconduct In Community Corrections: A Training Program for Agency Administrators By Layman, Elizabeth Price; McCampell, Susan W.. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). Center for Innovative Public Policies, Inc. (Naples, FL). The knowledge, skills, and tools needed to address staff sexual misconduct in community corrections are provided during this 24-hour training program. This course is comprised of six modules: an overview on staff sexual misconduct; professional boundaries, ethics, and culture; policies and procedures; investigations; legal issues for community corrections; and prevention. The "Policy Development Guide" answers the question "How do I know if my agency needs a policy?" and provides direction on h... Read More	411 pages
2004	Corrections-Based Services for Victims of Crime By Gagliardi, Barbara; Clem, Constance, ed.. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). LIS, Inc. (Longmont, CO); National Institute of Corrections Information Center (Longmont, CO). The "nature and status of victim-related services sponsored by departments of correction (DOCs)" is assessed (p. 1). Sections of this report include: about this study; study highlights; hearing the perspectives of crime victims; services offered for victims of crime; communications with staff, crime victims, and other stakeholders; inmate programming related to victim issues; evaluations of DOC-based services for crime victims; outside funding for corrections-based victim services; agencies' in... Read More	20 p.
2004	Interpersonal Communications in the Correctional Setting: IPC National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC); National Juvenile Detention Association (Richard, KY). This basic communication skills training program, developed by Robert R. Carkhuff, has been used by correctional agencies for more than thirty-five years to train officers and counselors. Sessions contained in this course are: introduction to the IPC (interpersonal communication) model; the basics -- sizing up the situation; positioning; posturing; observing; listening; summary of the basics; the add-ons -- communicating to inmates; responding to inmates -- identifying content; responding to inm... Read More	2 computer disks; 1 DVD-ROM (100 min.) + 1 CD-ROM
2004	Resource Guide for Jail Administrators By Martin, Mark D.; Rosazza, Thomas A.. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). National Institute of Corrections. Jails Division (Longmont, CO). A guide "developed to enhance the leadership skills, knowledge, and capabilities of jail administrators on issues of basic jail administration" is presented (p. v). Fourteen chapters comprise this guide: introduction; role, purpose, and characteristics of the jail; administration; facilities; staffing and scheduling; staff recruiting, selection, and retention; staff training; security, safety, and emergency preparedness; inmate behavior management; inmate discipline and grievance; special manag... Read More	305 p.
2004	Effective Prison Mental Health Services: Guidelines to Expand and Improve Treatment By Hills, Holly; Siegfried, Christine; Ickowitz, Alan. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). National Mental Health Association (Alexandria, VA); National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). "[H]istorical , legal, and ethical issues relevant to dealing with mental illness in the field of corrections" are discussed (p. iii). Chapters include: introduction; screening and assessment; mental health and substance abuse treatment; use of seclusion, segregation, and restraints; suicide prevention; treating women offenders; psychopharmacological intervention for psychiatric disorders; transitional services; treatment of special populations (e.g., persons with mental retardation or developme... Read More	91 p.
2004	Objective Prison Classification: A Guide for Correctional Agencies By Austin, James; Hardyman, Patricia L.. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). George Washington University. Institute on Crime, Justice and Corrections (Washington, DC). The current state of the art in prison classification is reviewed. Seven chapters follow an executive summary; introduction; a brief history of objective prison classification; what is objective prison classification; effective strategies -- guidelines for implementing classification systems; evaluations of prison classification systems; classification of women prisoners; and other special topics and issues in classification. ... Read More	78 p.
2004	Classification of High-Risk and Special Management Prisoners: A National Assessment of Current Practices By Austin, James; McGinnis, Kenneth. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC); Security Response Technologies, Inc. (Middleton, MA); George Washington University. Institute on Crime, Justice and Corrections (Washington, DC). Results from a survey "designed to obtain information on the procedures used to classify high-risk inmates, particularly those in protective custody or administrative segregation, and inmates with mental illness or medical problems" are presented (p. xvi). Six chapters follow an executive summary: Introduction; Overview of risk assessment; Risk assessment systems and instruments; Findings of the National Survey of the Management of High-Risk Inmates; Identificati... Read More	87 p.
2004	Enhancing Prison Classification Systems: The Emerging Role of Management Information Systems By Brennan, Tim; Wells, David; Alexander, Jack. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). Northpointe Institute for Public Management (Traverse City, MI); National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). The effects of information technology (IT) and computation developments on prison classification productivity are examined (p. vi). Ten chapters follow an executive summary: current status of MIS (management information system) support for prison classification brief review; MIS software, IT and classification productivity; offender classification roles and data requirements; automated prison classification system features and functions; software design principles and the user interface; evaluat... Read More	254 p.
2004	LJN Exchange, Annual Issue 2004; Large Jail Network Exchange, Annual Issue 2004 By (Multiple). National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). LIS, Inc. (Longmont, CO); National Institute of Corrections Information Center (Longmont, Colorado). This issue includes: Foreword, by Richard Geaither, National Institute of Corrections Jails Division; You Can Do It: Putting an End to Pharmacy Cost Increases, by Mike Kalonick, Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office, Detention Bureau; Accreditation for Adult Local Detention Facilities: Moving from Process Measures to Outcome Measures, by Bob Verdeyen, American Correctional Association; Got Training? Training as a Strategic Management Tool for Performance Enhancement, by Tom Reid, Na... Read More	56 p.
2004	Correctional Health Care: Addressing the Needs of Elderly, Chronically Ill, and Terminally Ill Inmates By Anno, B. Jaye; Graham, Camelia; Lawrence, James E.; Shansky, Ronald. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). Criminal Justice Institute (Middletown, CT); National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). An exploratory report regarding the management of aging and infirm inmates is presented. Six chapters follow an executive summary: Introduction; What we know about elderly, chronically ill, and terminally ill inmates; Effective evaluation for identifying the special needs of inmates; Program, housing, and treatment considerations; Ethical and policy considerations for the care of elderly and infirm inmates; And conclusion. Appendixes include: Criminal Ju... Read More	148 p.
2004	Prisoner Intake Systems: Assessing Needs and Classifying Prisoners By Hardyman, Patricia L.; Austin, James; Peyton, Johnette. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). George Washington University. Institute on Crime, Justice, and Corrections (Washington, DC); National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). Tasks, assessments, and technology used in prisoner intake systems are examined. Following an executive summary, this report has seven chapters: introduction; national overview of facility characteristics, facility functions, intake components and personnel responsibilities, and obstacles to intake assessments; four chapters review select agency's corrections population, intake facilities, intake process, processing time and flexibility, classification, and needs assessment -- one chapter per De... Read More	80 p.
2004	Classification of Women Offenders: Gender-Responsive Approach to Risk/Needs Assessment By Van Voorhis, Patricia. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). University of Cincinnati. Center for Criminal Justice Research (Cincinnati, OH). An overview of the work done by collaborative partnerships to design and validate gender-responsive risk and needs assessments for female offenders is provided. This article discusses issues surrounding female offender classification and the current National Institute of Corrections (NIC) study regarding gender-responsive approaches to risk and needs assessment.... Read More	8 p.
2004	Releasing Inmates from Prisons: Profiles of State Practices By Linke, Larry; Ritchie, Peggy. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). LIS, Inc. (Longmont, CO); National Institute of Corrections Information Center (Longmont, CO); National Institute of Corrections. Prisons Division (Washington, DC). "This report provides a profile of each state's corrections systems and the agencies and processes involved in planning for and releasing inmates from state prisons" (p. 2). Each profile includes information about the state's corrections system background, prison-based release planning, parole board planning, and inmate release process.... Read More	371 p.
2003	Gender-Responsive Strategies: Research, Practice, and Guiding Principles for Women Offenders By Bloom, Barbara; Owen, Barbara; Covington, Stephanie. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). Guidance for those individuals "seeking to more effectively respond to the behavior and circumstances of the female offender" is offered (p. iv). An executive summary and the following four chapters comprise this manual: characteristics of women in the criminal justice system -- a descriptive summary; women offenders and criminal justice practice; the context of women's lives -- a multidisciplinary review of research and theory; and a new vision -- guiding principles for a gender-responsive cri... Read More	133 p.
2003	A Handbook for New Parole Board Members: Part of a Resource Kit for New Parole Board Members By Burke, Peggy B., ed.. Association of Paroling Authorities International (APAI) (California, MO); National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). Center for Effective Public Policy (Silver Spring, MD). Issues related to the profession of parole are discussed. Nine chapters follow an introduction: "Parole in Context"; "An Overview of Corrections and Criminal Justice-Reshaping Parole" by James Austin; "Parole as Part of the Criminal Justice System and the Community"; "Parole Decisionmaking"; "The Parole Interview" by Robert J. McGrath; "Legal and Ethical Issues" by Richard P. Stroker; "Victim Issues" by Anne Seymour; "Transition, Violation, and Revocation"; and "Parole as a Profession." A gloss... Read More	101 p.
2003	Corrections Agency Collaborations with Public Health National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). LIS, Inc. (Longmont, CO); National Institute of Corrections. Information Center (Longmont, CO). Reports on the prevalence and scope of collaboration agreements between state departments of correction and public health, plus agency perspectives on their effectiveness. This publication discusses: who provides inmate health care?; forms of corrections-public health collaboration; responsibility for delivery of inmate health care; collaborative services for specific inmate populations; accountability and control within collaborative health care efforts; agency observations on collaboration; ba... Read More	20 p.
2003	Outcome Assessment of Correctional Treatment (OACT) By Knight, Kevin; Simpson, D. Dwayne; Hiller, Matthew L.. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). An "examination of recidivism following treatment in a 6-month modified TC [therapeutic community] serving probationers in a large metropolitan area in Texas" is provided (p. 2). Sections found in this report are: abstract; executive summary; background; method; results according to social functioning, treatment dropout, and recidivism; and discussion. While this community-based residential modified TC had limited impact on participant rearrest during the first year after release, their rearres... Read More	57 p.
2003	Beyond the Myths: The Jail in Your Community National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). National Institute of Corrections. Jails Division (Longmont, CO). This resource provides a foundation for the efforts of sheriffs and jail administrators to provide the public information about jails generally, their jails specifically, and the need for community interest in local jail issues. It can also be used to educate prospective jail employees about local detention. Closed captions are only available in the DVD version.... Read More	1 DVD (23 min.)
2003	Designing Learner Centered Instruction By Gurnell, Betty; LeMaster, Leslie. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC); U.S. Dept. of Justice. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (Washington, DC). National Institute of Corrections Academy (Longmont, CO). A seven-step process for developing and designing a training program according to the ITIP (instructional theory into practice) format is described. Curriculum developers will be taught to create programs that will: teach state-of-the-art information and skills based upon needs assessment analysis; employ learner-centered technologies; help participants succeed with realistic performance objectives; facilitate the transfer of learning to the job setting; promote consistency between training prog... Read More	20 p.
2003	Idaho Jail Standards: Minimum Standards for Detention Facilities National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). Idaho Sheriffs' Association. Jail Standards Committee (Boise, ID). Minimum standards include: administration, organization, and management; fiscal management; personnel; training and staff development; facility information systems; fire safety and emergency procedures; security and control; special management inmates; food service; sanitation and hygiene; health care services; inmate rights; inmate rules and discipline; communication, mail, and visiting; admission and release; classification; inmate services and programs; physical plant; and work release.... Read More	73 p.
2003	Assessment of NIC's Executive Leadership Training for Women By Stinchcomb, Jeanne B.. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). Center for Innovative Public Policies, Inc. (Naples, FL). Findings from a report which "assesses the outcome of the training [program] in terms of the leadership-related behaviors of participants" are presented (p. 4). This evaluation contains the following sections: executive summary; background; program description; research design; findings according to -- overview of participant training manual, analysis of participant program evaluations, on-site observations of researchers, focus group feedback, and survey results; and conclusions and recomm... Read More	113 p.
2003	Motivational Interviewing Training [Lesson Plans] By Bogue, Brad Nandi, Anjali. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). Justice System Assessment & Training (Boulder, CO). The use of motivational interviewing (MI) with offenders is described during this 12-hour program. MI is an integrated and "complex set of clinical skills and strategies based on the principles of autonomy, collaboration and evocation" (p. i). Sections of this curriculum cover: principles of effective interventions; introduction to MI; active listening; identifying and eliciting change talk; values exploration; working with resistance; acronym model and review; Transtheoretical Model of Change;... Read More	116 p.
2003	New Approaches to Staff Safety By Thornton, Robert L.; Schweer, Ronald G.; Barton, Joe S.. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). Key staff safety training issues for community corrections agencies are discussed. This manual addresses: Use-of-force continuum; Crisis prevention; Self defense and physical fitness; Oleoresin capsicum; Body protection; Safety in the office; Protection from disasters; Arrest, search, and seizure; Field work; Canine considerations; Scenario training; And critical incidents. Appendixes include: a model protocol for criti... Read More	130 p.
2002	Staffing Analysis for Women's Prisons and Special Prison Populations By Harding, B.G.. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). LIS, Inc. (Longmont, CO); National Institute of Corrections Information Center (Longmont, CO); National Institute of Corrections. Prisons Division (Washington, DC). Results from an examination of "staffing analysis processes and staffing outcomes in prisons or units housing three inmate populations" are presented (p. 1). Sections of this report include: project method; key findings; themes in staffing and staffing analysis; methods and outcomes; staffing for mentally ill populations; staffing for medical needs populations; staffing for women's facilities; and conclusion. The same formal staffing analysis process used for the male general population is utili... Read More	12 p.
2002	Jail Resource Issues: What Every Funding Authority Needs to Know By Bowker, Gary M.. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). Basic information about jail operations is provided to contribute to a better understanding of the funding authority's roles and responsibilities regarding the jail. This report contains the following chapters: the jail as a primary function of local government; the purpose of the jail and its role in the local criminal justice system; the jail population; jail litigation and standards; key elements of effective jail operations; and funding authority roles and responsibilities. ... Read More	34 p.
2002	Internal Prison Classification Systems: Case Studies in Their Development and Implementation By Hardyman, Patricia L.. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). George Washington University. Institute on Crime, Justice and Corrections (Washington, DC); National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). The development, implementation, impact assessment, and refinement of objective internal classification systems are examined. In addition to an executive summary, this report contains three chapters: introduction; description of the states' internal classification initiatives (Connecticut, Colorado, Washington, Oregon, Florida, New Jersey, South Dakota, and Missouri); and common problems, issues, and solutions. Appendixes include: Checklist for the Analysis of Life History of Adult Offenders (CA... Read More	105 p.
2002	Revalidating External Prison Classification Systems: The Experience of Ten States and Model for Classification Reform By Hardyman, Patricia L.; Austin, James; Tulloch, Owan C.. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). George Washington University Institute on Crime, Justice and Corrections (Washington, DC); National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). Work undertaken by the participating states is described, an outline of the fundamental tasks required for a revalidation effort is provided, and external classification trends and lessons learned from these classification reforms are summarized within this report (p. x). This report is comprised of the following sections: executive summary; introduction; NIC classification goals and objectives; description of the ten states' external classification initiatives (Virginia, Montana, Oregon, Oklaho... Read More	129 p.
2002	Resources for Indian Country Jails: Selected Bibliography from the NIC Information Center Collection By Schilling, Sandy; Conway, Eileen; Clem, Constance. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). LIS, Inc. (Longmont, CO); National Institute of Corrections Information Center (Longmont, CO). A bibliography created to assist Indian country correctional authorities participating in the Native American and Alaskan Technical Assistance Project (NAATAP) focusing on facility development is provided. Eighty-one annotated entries are organized into the following divisions: facility design, construction, and transition; alternatives to building; facility staffing; facility operations; inmate/offender programs; re-entry/transition to the community; and miscellaneous. Most of these items can ... Read More	36 p.
2002	Budget Guide for Jail Administrators - Part 1: Developing the Budget By Martin, Mark D.. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). National Institute of Corrections. Jails Division (Longmont, CO). Designed for jail administrators, this guide discusses the elements of an effective process for budgeting both capital and operational jail expenses. This document contains the following sections: An effective budget process; Cooperative effort within the budget process; Budget preparation -- information and materials; Jail budget development -- needs assessment, estimating budget expenditures, preparing the budget document, submitting the budget package, presenting the... Read More	41 p.
2002	Budget Guide for Jail Administrators - Part 3: Beyond Budget Allocation - Sources of Funding and Services By Martin, Mark D.. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). National Institute of Corrections. Jails Division (Longmont, CO). Designed for jail administrators, this guide describes strategies for identifying, securing, and coordinating jai resources from multiple sources, both internally and externally. Three sections comprise this document: (1) Jail resource types and potential sources -- generating revenue, using the services of other agencies, soliciting donations from the community, and how the jail and community are linked by a common goal; (2) Strategies for securing, coordinating, and managing jail resou... Read More	22 p.
2002	Budget Guide for Jail Administrators - Part 2: Managing the Budget By Martin, Mark D.. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). National Institute of Corrections. Jails Division (Longmont, CO). Designed for jail administrators, this guide provides an overview of jail budget management, along with relevant responsibilities and strategies. Key aspects of jail budget management examined include: Budget implementation -- developing and using a plan to monitor expenditures; Budget management -- monitoring, managing, and controlling expenditures while garnering support; Jail revenue monitoring and management -- developing revenue plans; Performance monitoring -- es... Read More	29 p.
2002	Time to Work: Managing the Employment of Sex Offenders Under Community Supervision By Seleznow, Eric. U.S. Dept. of Justice. Office of Justice Programs (Washington, DC); National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC); State Justice Institute (Alexa. Center for Sex Offender Management (Silver Spring, MD). The management of sex offenders "on the job in a way that adequately restricts offenders, protects the public, and simultaneously promotes successful offender reintegration" is discussed (p. 1). This report provides a look at: the importance of work; key elements in employment supervision; assessing potential job placements; establishing relationships with employers; using confidentiality waivers; making job placement decisions; and monitoring and follow-up contact with employers.... Read More	12 p.
2002	Supervision of Sex Offenders in the Community: A Training Curriculum U.S. Dept. of Justice. Office of Justice Programs (Washington, DC); National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC); State Justice Institute (Alexa. Center for Sex Offender Management (Silver Spring, MD). Access to information and materials for three different versions (long, medium, and short) of training sessions about the supervision of sex offenders in the community is provided at this website. The following links are on this site: overview; issues and cautions; User's Guide; recommended readings lists; and curriculum download center.... Read More	5 p.
2002	Managing Sex Offenders in the Community: A Handbook to Guide Policymakers and Practitioners Through a Planning and Implementation Process By Carter, Madeline M.; Morris, Laura. U.S. Dept. of Justice. Office of Justice Programs (Washington, DC); National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC); State Justice Institute (Alexa. Center for Sex Offender Management (Silver Spring, MD). A handbook designed to assist policymakers and practitioners in the process of assessing and strengthening sex offender management for adults and juveniles is provided. Four sections comprise this manual: an introduction to this handbook and to sex offender management; the framework of the planning and implementation process; an overview of the steps in the planning and implementation process; and conclusion -- an ongoing process of collecting and analyzing information. Teamwork activities and ... Read More	96 p.
2002	National Institute of Corrections Drug-Free Prison Zone Project: Evaluation Component for Each of Eight State Sites: Final Report By Holsinger, Alexander M.. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). University of Missouri-Kansas City. Dept. of Sociology/Criminal Justice and Criminology (Kansas City, MO); National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). Results from projects implementing new strategies for drug interdiction within an institutional setting are presented. This compilation includes findings from final evaluation reports provided by Maryland, California, Kansas, New York, and Florida.... Read More	60 p.
2002	Staff Sexual Misconduct with Inmates: Policy Development Guide for Sheriffs and Jail Administrators By McCampbell, Susan W.; Fischer, Larry S.. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). Center for Innovative Public Policies (Tamarac, FL); National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). Tools to assess an organization and implement strategies to prevent staff sexual misconduct in a jail setting are provided. The following sections comprise this document: introduction; using this guide; how to know if an agency needs a policy -- what staff sexual misconduct is, definitions, red flags, and writing policies and procedures; and agency triage -- administrative and management practices, security and supervision, investigations, and inmate programming.... Read More	41 p.
2002	Educating the Community about Sexual Assault and the Management of Sex Offenders in the Community: A Training Curriculum U.S. Dept. of Justice. Office of Justice Programs (Washington, DC); National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC); State Justice Institute (Alexa. Center for Sex Offender Management (Silver Spring, MD). Access to a training curriculum that is designed to educate the community about sexual violence and sex offender management programs is provided at this website. The following can be found: curriculum overview; four part curriculum; user's guide; special considerations for community education; a download center with handouts, lecture notes, slides, and learning activities; and an evaluation form.... Read More	5 p.
2002	Environmental Scan: Reviewing Issues and Forces That Will Influence Strategic Planning of the National Institute of Corrections National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). National Institute of Corrections Information Center (Longmont, CO); LIS, Inc. (Longmont, CO). An analysis of changes and forces that may affect NIC programming in the near future is presented. Seven sections comprise this scan: societal and demographic trends; economic and business developments; workforce issues; public opinion; crime and justice trends; technological developments; and health and mental health.... Read More	35 p.
2002	Serving Families of Adult Offenders: A Directory of Programs By Mustin, James W., ed.; D'Arville, Donna, ed.. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). Family and Corrections Network (Palmyra, VA); National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). Programs in the U.S. offering services specifically for families of adult offenders are noted and organized by state. Directory information for each program (if available) includes address, phone number, email address, website, contact person, agency head, area served, parent organization, date of establishment, and a brief description of services offered. A link to a list of programs serving Canada is also provided (http://www3.sympatico.ca/cfcn/). ... Read More	75 p.
2002	Jail Crowding: Understanding Jail Population Dynamics By Cunniff, Mark A.. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). Steps involved in developing an understanding of jail population dynamics and factors behind jail crowding are delineated. Sections of this report include: executive summary; how can factors behind jail crowding be identified?; key questions to ask in order to understand jail population dynamics; trends that are driving jail population growth; how to forecast future needs; benefits and elements of an effective analytic process; and elements of the analytic process. Appendixes include: "Preventin... Read More	49 p.
2002	Guidelines for Developing a Criminal Justice Coordinating Committee By Cushman, Robert C.. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). The development, implementation, and operation of a local criminal justice coordinating committee (CJCC) are described. In particular, this guide provides a look at how a CJCC can alleviate jail crowding and accomplish other system improvements. The following sections comprise this guide: executive summary; introduction; a framework for justice planning and coordination; coordinating mechanisms -- a developmental view; and guiding principles for CJCCs. Appendixes provide: a checklist for forming... Read More	50 p.
2002	Services for Families of Prison Inmates National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). LIS, Inc. (Longmont, CO); National Institute of Corrections Information Center (Longmont, CO); National Institute of Corrections. Prisons Division (Washington, DC). Responses from 54 agencies that answered this survey are analyzed and reported. The following sections are contained in this report: introduction; project method; agency initiatives related to families of inmates; facility assignment and visitation assistance; services for inmates with children; services to pregnant inmates and mothers of infants and young children; provision of parenting and parent-child programs in men's and women's prisons; program evaluations; and conclusion. Involvement in ... Read More	15 p.
2002	The Prevalence of Co-Occurring Mental Illness and Substance Abuse Disorders in Jails U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services. Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (Rockville, MD); U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services. Center for Mental Health Services (Rockville, MD); National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC); U.S. Dept. of Justice. Office of Justice Programs (Washington, DC); U.S. Dept. of Justice. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (Washington, DC). National GAINS Center (Delmar, NY). The impacts of offenders with co-occurring disorders upon jails are described. Sections of this document include: jails; mental disorders; receipt of needed mental health services in jails; substance abuse disorders; and co-occurring mental illness and substance abuse disorders.... Read More	2 p.
2001	Integrated Services Reduce Recidivism Among Homeless Adults with Serious Mental Illness in California By Davis, Gray; Johnson, Grantland; Mayberg, Stephen W.. U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services. Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (Rockville, MD); U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services. Center for Mental Health Services (Rockville, MD); National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC); U.S. Dept. of Justice. Office of Justice Programs (Washington, DC); U.S. Dept. of Justice. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (Washington, DC). National GAINS Center (Delmar, NY) . A summary of the report "Effectiveness of Integrated Services for Homeless Adults with Serious Mental Illness" is provided. The report documents the impressive results coming from the Community Mental Health Treatment Program (AB 2034). Programs reduced the number of days homeless, incarcerated, and hospitalized for participants.... Read More	2 p.
2001	Commission on the Status of Mental Health of Iowa's Corrections Population Community Corrections Improvement Association (Cedar Rapids, IA); Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (Princeton, NJ); Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation (Cedar Rapids, IA); National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC); Council of State Governments (Lexington, KY). State Public Policy Group, Inc. (Cedar Rapids, IA) . The effects of an increasing number of offenders with serious mental health problems are investigated. Sections of this report include: executive summary; introduction and purpose; methodology/overview of effort; hearings summary; findings; and the survey report which identifies unfulfilled mandates, non-uniform performance, a sense of urgency for problem solution, the desire for community-based correctional settings, and overwhelming support for solutions existing within Iowa's correctional sy... Read More	39 pages
2001	NIC Research on Small Jail Issues: Summary of Findings By Harding, B.G.; Clem, Constance. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). LIS, Inc. (Longmont, CO); National Institute of Corrections Information Center (Longmont, CO). Findings from a survey regarding current issues in small jail management from a national perspective are presented. Sections of this summary include: key findings; inmate populations; facility information; jail staff issues; inmate management and programming; NIC assistance; potential problem areas; and space needs. An appendix notes problem areas compared by management style.... Read More	21 p.
2001	Classification of Women Offenders: A National Assessment of Current Practices By Van Voorhis, Patricia; Presser, Lois. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). University of Cincinnati. Division of Criminal Justice (Cincinnati, OH); National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). Findings from a telephone assessment of state and federal practices for classifying women offenders are presented. In addition to an executive summary, this report has the following chapters: Introduction; Issues in classifying women offenders -- the literature; Approach; Findings; And discussion. Most states still apply a male-based classification system to women.... Read More	34 p.
2001	National Institute of Corrections Prison Classification Peer Training and Strategy Session: What's Happening with Prison Classification Systems? September 6-7, 2000 Proceedings By Hardyman, Patricia L.; Adams-Fuller, Terri. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC); George Washington University. Institute on Crime, Justice and Corrections (Washington, DC). National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). Proceedings from this two-day national forum on classification and information system related problems are provided. Topics discussed include: linking all the pieces; external and internal classification; classification data for planning; linking DOC to local jails; prison internal classification systems; automated risk and needs; AICS - personality based model; managing high risk offenders; responding to litigation; winning classification systems -- Montana; responding to litigation -- Michigan... Read More	45 p.
2001	Provision of Mental Health Care in Prisons National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). LIS, Inc. (Longmont, CO); National Institute of Corrections Information Center (Longmont, CO); National Institute of Corrections. Prisons Division (Washington, DC). Results of a survey on correctional agency management of and provision of treatment to inmates with mental health care needs are presented. This report examines: the numbers of inmates needing mental health care; approaches to identifying and providing services to mentally ill populations; reported increases in mental illness among prison populations; management and treatment of mentally ill inmates; assistance for inmates with other mental health needs; counseling and treatment for specific inm... Read More	9 p.
2001	Juvenile Sex Offender Assessment Protocol [J-SOAP] By Prentky, Robert; Righthand, Sue. U.S. Dept. of Justice. Office of Justice Programs (Washington, DC); National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC); State Justice Institute (Alexa. Center for Sex Offender Management (Silver Spring, MD). A checklist "to aid in the systematic review of risk factors" for 12-18 year old boys is presented (p. iv). The manual for this experimental scale contains sections on: the development and validation of J-SOAP; references; frequently asked questions; scoring guidelines; scoring instructions for Scale I (sexual drive/preoccupation), Scale II (impulsive/antisocial behavior), Scale III (intervention), and Scale IV (community stability/adjustment); and J-SOAP scoring and summary forms.... Read More	44 p.
2001	Group Facilitation Skills for Trainers By Yeres, Susan; Collins, Barbara. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). ETR Associates (Santa Cruz, CA); National Institute of Corrections Academy (Longmont, CO). This 16-hour course explores the skills needed in leading group participants to achieve specific learning goals. The following modules are contained in this curriculum: Introduction and course overview; How we process learning; Predicting and accommodating learner behavior; Setting the climate; Utilizing facilitation strategies for learning; Dealing with conflicts in groups; And presentations. Also included are copies of overheads used.... Read More	approximately 300 pages
2001	Facilitation Skills for Managers: Training Curriculum Package By Collins, Barbara; Yeres, Susan; Smith, M. Gale. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). ETR Associates (Santa Cruz, CA); National Institute of Corrections Academy (Longmont, CO). This 16-hour course is designed for managers who run meetings and/or lead task groups. This curriculum is divided into seven modules: Introduction and course overview; What is facilitation; Know yourself and your group; Getting started; Getting work done (task tools); Handling challenges; And completing work. Lesson plans, Participant's Manual, and overheads are included.... Read More	Approximately 250 pages
2001	Responding to Parole and Probation Violations: A Handbook to Guide Local Policy Development By Carter, Madeline M.. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). Center for Effective Public Policy (Silver Spring, MD); National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). This handbook discusses policy responses to probation and parole violations that enhance the effectiveness of supervision while also improving community safety. Chapters include: Critical issues in violations -- an overview; The importance of vision, mission, goals, and core values; Collaboration -- a central ingredient for success; Developing baseline information; Supervision; Developing tools to make the policy work; Increasing available choices to violation response;<... Read More	101 pages
2001	Community Notification and Education By Matson, Scott. U.S. Dept. of Justice. Office of Justice Programs (Washington, DC); National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC); State Justice Institute (Alexa. Center for Sex Offender Management (Silver Spring, MD). Differences in state laws regarding sex offender notification are examined, as well as innovative approaches to community notification and education in the U.S. This report contains the following sections: introduction; background; state variations; identifying offenders for notification; methods of notification; legal issues; are notification laws effective?; innovative approaches; unintended consequences; reducing unintended consequences; educating communities; conclusion; and organization co... Read More	20 p.
2001	Recidivism of Sex Offenders By Bynum, Tim. U.S. Dept. of Justice. Office of Justice Programs (Washington, DC); National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC); State Justice Institute (Alexa. Center for Sex Offender Management (Silver Spring, MD). The potential for commission of subsequent offenses by sex offenders is examined. This report looks at the following issues: measurement of sex offender recidivism; factors associated with recidivism; review of studies concerning rapists, child molesters, and probationers; synthesis of recidivism studies; impact of interventions on recidivism -- treatment, juvenile treatment research, supervision, and evaluating the effects; implications for sex offender management; and concluding remarks.... Read More	20 p.
2001	Facilitation Skills for Offender Groups: Training Curriculum Package By Yeres, Susan; Collins, Barbara. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). ETR Associates (Santa Cruz, CA); National Institute of Corrections Academy (Longmont, CO). Designed for counselors or other staff who run offender groups, this 16-hour course addresses group process strategies. The following lesson plan modules are provided: Introduction and course overview; What facilitation is; Goals for personal development; Stages of group development; Stages of individual change; Setting a climate for change; Communication skills; Facilitating participation; Facilitating behavior change; Facilitating changes in perspective; A... Read More	approximately 560 pages
2001	Case Studies on the Center for Sex Offender Management's National Resource Sites U.S. Dept. of Justice. Office of Justice Programs (Washington, DC); National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC); State Justice Institute (Alexa. Center for Sex Offender Management (Silver Spring, MD). Strategies from "19 jurisdictional, cross-disciplinary teams who have developed innovative sex offender management and supervision techniques" are reported (p. i). The following five sections comprise this document: introduction and background; three state resource sites; 11 local resource sites; three tribal sites; and two additional resource sites.... Read More	122 p.
2001	2001 Directory of Direct Supervision Jails By Harding, B.G.. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). LIS, Inc. (Longmont, CO); National Institute of Corrections Information Center (Longmont, CO); National Institute of Corrections. Jails Division (Longmont, CO). A directory of facilities that utilize the direct supervision concept of jail design and management is provided. Organized by state, entries provide the following information: facility name, address, description and status, year opened, contact person, facility capacity, direct supervision pod size, maximum inmates per officer, non-direct pods, direct supervision dormitory pods, disciplinary or high-security beds, and notes.... Read More	168 p.
2001	Pensar en un Cambio: Programa Intigrado de Cambio Cognitivo-Conductivo [La Leccion Planea] By Bush, Jack; Glick, Barry; Taymans, Juliana. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). National Institute of Corrections Academy (Longmont, CO). El programa, Pensar en un Cambio, tiene como centro, un programa de resolucion de problemas detallada con ambas intervenciones de restructuracion cognitiva y habilidades sociales. El formato del programa se comprende de zz lecciones con una capacidad de extender el programs endefinidamente, dependiendo de la cantidad de habilidades cognitivas [cognitive] ensenadas. Suplementos: fichas, transparencias, folletos, cuadros, y los suplementos para el instructor.... Read More	347 p. + 1 computer disk; CD-ROM
2001	Validation and Refinement of Objective Prison Classification Systems for Women: The Experience of Four States and Common Themes By Hardyman, Patricia L.. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). George Washington University. Institute on Crime, Justice and Corrections (Washington, DC). An evaluation of the efforts of four states in revising their objective classification for female inmates is provided. Four sections comprise this report: introduction; project goals and tasks; description of the four states' women classification initiatives -- West Virginia Division of Corrections, Idaho Department of Corrections, Wisconsin Department of Corrections, and Florida Department of Corrections; and common themes and lessons learned -- use the current instruments and override the scor... Read More	41 p.
2001	Classification of Women Offenders: A National Assessment of Current Practices and the Experiences of Three States By Van Voorhis, Patricia. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). University of Cincinnati. Center for Criminal Justice Research (Cincinnati, OH). The development of improved strategies for classifying female offenders is addressed. Sections of this report include: Issues in classifying women offenders -- the literature review; National assessment of current female offender classification practices; Focus groups with corrections professionals and women offenders; Directions for technical assistance (TA); TA -- Hawaii Department of Public Safety; TA -- Nebraska Department of Correctional Services; Read More	55 p.
2001	Correctional Health Care: Guidelines for the Management of an Adequate Delivery System By Anno, B. Jaye. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). National Commission on Correctional Health Care (Chicago, IL); National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). A comprehensive reference that provides guidance in the provision of health services to inmates is presented. This manual contains the following chapters: introduction; historical overview -- the movement to improve correctional health care; legal considerations in the delivery of health care services in prisons and jails; ethical considerations and the interface with custody; the organizational structure of correctional health services; staffing considerations; health care delivery system model... Read More	570 pages
2001	Offender Classification: Issues and Opportunities By Brandon, Pamela J.. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). The text of and overheads used during a presentation about prison classification are provided. This session addresses: strategies for managing trends; standardization of policy application; the system viewed from a macro level; system integration; intake assessment; comprehensive classification systems; classification process; facility level classification; external classification; internal classification; needs assessment; managing high-risk offenders; automated classification functions; integ... Read More	73 p.
2000	Investigating Allegations of Staff Sexual Misconduct with Inmates [Lesson Plans] By McCampbell, Susan W.; Layman, Elizabeth P.. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). Center for Innovative Public Policies, Inc. (Tamarac, FL). A curriculum to address the needs of those who investigate allegations of staff sexual misconduct is presented. The following sections are contained in this manual: defining staff sexual misconduct and an overview of the national scope; legal considerations; institutional culture and staff/inmate dynamics; proactive investigative framework; responding to allegations; and activity booklet and action planning.... Read More	232 p. + computer disks (5+8); 3 1/2 in.
2000	Prison Health Care Survey: An Analysis of Factors Influencing Per Capita Costs By Lamb-Mechanick, Deborah; Nelson, Julianne. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). The construction of a model that explains the reasons for variance in the average per capita cost of prison health care was undertaken in this study. "The major finding of this study was that it was not the range or number of services but rather the method of care delivery and the staffing mix that most affected per capita prison health care costs. Specifically, the cost of inmate health care varied by: the use of capitated contracts for ambulatory care; the hours of mid-level practitioner care ... Read More	93 p.
2000	Recruitment, Hiring, and Retention: Current Practices in U.S. Jails By Clem, Connie; Krauth, Barbara; Wenger, Paula. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). LIS, Inc. (Longmont, CO); National Institute of Corrections Information Center (Longmont, CO); National Institute of Corrections. Jails Division (Longmont, CO). One of the more serious problems jail administrators face is the need to attract and retain high-quality correctional officers. This document provides information on successful staffing practices in a variety of jail types and sizes. Sections include: introduction; recruitment -- barriers to effective recruitment and approaches to recruiting effectively; screening and hiring; retention -- attrition factors and retention tools; and conclusion. Appendixes contain contact information and samples of... Read More	111 p.
2000	Sexual Misconduct in Prisons: Law, Remedies, and Incidence National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). LIS, Inc. (Longmont, CO); National Institute of Corrections Information Center (Longmont, CO); National Institute of Corrections. Prisons Division (Washington, DC). Changes since 1996 in state laws and agency policies and procedures regarding sexual misconduct are reported. Sexual misconduct is defined as "sexual behavior, contact, or relationships between correctional staff and inmates/offenders" (p. 1). Sections cover: an introduction; legislative actions; litigation; agency strategies for addressing staff sexual misconduct such as policies, training, investigation processes, and apprising inmates of sexual misconduct issues; incidence and outcomes of sex... Read More	12 p.
2000	National Resource Group Recommended Readings U.S. Dept. of Justice. Office of Justice Programs (Washington, DC); National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC); State Justice Institute (Alexa. Center for Sex Offender Management (Silver Spring, MD). Designed to be a starting point, this reading list is for those people who are interested in learning about effective management of sex offenders in the community. Documents are organized into the following topic areas: child sexual abuse; community notification, registration, and civil commitment; juvenile sex offenders; probation and parole supervision; research, recidivism, and statistics; risk assessment and prediction; sex offender treatment; treatment guides; and victim issues.... Read More	8 p.
2000	Sentencing Women Offenders: A Training Curriculum for Judges [Lesson Plans] By Cicero, June H.; DeCostanzo, Elaine T.. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). National Association of Women Judges (Washington, DC); National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). Intervention effectiveness can be improved by understanding how women respond to sanctions. This 6-hour course addressed sentencing practices in relation to female offenders through the following modules: why focus on women offenders?; the judicial response to the woman offender; who women offenders are; what works, what is in place, and what do programs in the represented jurisdictions offer?; sanctioning the woman offender; what do we have and what do we need?; and wrap-up session and evaluati... Read More	92 p.
2000	Perspectives from the Field on the Interstate Compact on Juveniles: Findings from a National Survey By Linke, Larry; Krauth, Barbara. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC); U.S. Dept. of Justice. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (Washington, DC). LIS, Inc. (Longmont, CO); National Institute of Corrections Information Center (Longmont, CO); National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC); U.S. Dept. of Justice. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (Washington, DC). Established in 1955, the Interstate Compact on Juveniles (ICJ) was created in order to "manage the interstate movement of adjudicated youth, the return of non-adjudicated runaway youth, and the return of youth to states where they were charged with delinquent acts (p. 1)." General observations, Compact activity and administration, Compact performance, problem areas, and recommendations from the field are presented. An estimated 15,000 active cases were being managed by the ICJ at mid-year 1999, ... Read More	47 p.
2000	Directory of Community-Based Programs for Women Offenders By Harding, B.G.; Clem, Constance. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). LIS, Inc. (Longmont, CO); National Institute of Corrections Information Center (Longmont, CO). There are 250 programs developed to specifically meet women offenders' needs described within this directory. Program entries include information regarding: program name and contact; jurisdiction it participates under; launch date; mode of delivery; participant legal status; target population; number of clients; program format; length of program; program hours/week; specialized assessment in use; issues addressed within program; issues addressed through referral; evaluation status; data used in ... Read More	256 p.
2000	Community Supervision of the Sex Offender: An Overview of Current and Promising Practices By Gilligan, Leilah; Talbot, Tom; Carter, Madeline M., ed.. U.S. Dept. of Justice. Violence Against Women Grants Office (Washington, DC); U.S. Dept. of Justice. Office of Justice Programs (Washington, DC); National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC); State Justice Institute (SJI) (Alexandria, VA). Center for Sex Offender Management (Silver Spring, MD). Almost 60% of all adult sex offenders are under some form of community supervision. An exploration of emerging practices and lessons learned in the management of sex offenders at the community level is presented. Contents include: Overview; Sex offenders -- who is being supervised; A shift in perspective -- the victim-centered approach to sex offender management; The central role of collaboration in managing sex offenders in the community; Establishing a framewor... Read More	16 pages
2000	The Collaborative Approach to Sex Offender Management By Carter, Madeline M.. U.S. Dept. of Justice. Violence Against Women Grants Office (Washington, DC); U.S. Dept. of Justice. Office of Justice Programs (Washington, DC); National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC); State Justice Institute (SJI) (Alexandria, VA). Center for Sex Offender Management (Silver Spring, MD). The need for and challenges of a collaborative approach to managing sex offenders in the community are addressed, in addition to ways jurisdictions can develop shared decision making responsibility between key policymakers and practitioners. Sections of this brief include: Why collaboration is essential; What is collaboration; Forming collaboratives in an adversarial system; Catalysts for collaboration; Different approaches to team work; Issues to consider... Read More	12 pages
2000	Creating Integrated Service Systems for People with Co-Occurring Disorders Diverted from the Criminal Justice System: The King County (Seattle) Experience By Wertheimer, David. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC); U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services. Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (Rockville, MD); U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services. Center for Mental Health Services (Washington, DC); U.S. Dept. of Justice. Office of Justice Programs (Washington, DC); U.S. Dept. of Justice. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (Washington, DC). National GAINS Center (Delmar, NY). The development of an integrated system that shares clients, information, planning, and resources is described. Topics addressed include: finding a common ground for promoting systems integration; what an integrated system is; key tactics; finding support for integrated diversion services; and the importance of disclosing "up-front" investments.... Read More	4 p.
2000	Selection Bias in the Evaluation of Prison-Based Drug Treatment Programs By Rhodes, William. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). Abt Associates (Cambridge, MA). The "effectiveness of a within-prison substance abuse treatment program at improving specified post-release behaviors of those inmates who received treatment" is evaluated (p. 1). Sections of this report are: introduction; problem statement; findings regarding generic models, diagnostics, results, and the size of the treatment effect; and conclusions. The treated group has a rearrest rate of 31% compared to a rate of 38% for the untreated group.... Read More	52 p.
2000	Effective Supervision of Adult Sex Offenders in the Community [Videoconference held February 9, 2000] National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC); Center for Sex Offender Management (Silver Spring, MD). National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). The goal of this videoconference is to enhance the ability of probation and parole agency staff (line officers, supervisors, and policymakers/administrators) to supervise sex offenders in the community more effectively. Topics addressed include: Overview of sex offenders and their victims; The victim-centered approach to sex offender supervision; The role of collaboration in a comprehensive approach to supervision; The containment approach to supervision; Sex offender treatmen... Read More	1 DVD (180 min.)
1999	Managing Conflict in the Workplace [Satellite/Internet Broadcast on April 7, 1999] National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). National Institute of Corrections Academy (Longmont, CO). Among the more difficult challenges existing within personnel management is conflict resolution. This videoconference focuses upon managing conflict in a correctional setting. The panel of experts presents information on the history of workplace conflict, how to identify potential and actual sources of conflict, strategies for agencies to manage workplace conflict and prevent or reduce litigation, methods for agencies to assess their effectiveness in managing conflict, and resources for furt... Read More	1 DVD (120 min.)
1999	Drug Courts as a Partner in Mental Health and Co-Occurring Substance Use Disorders Diversion Programs National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC); U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services. Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (Rockville, MD); U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services. Center for Mental Health Services (Washington, DC); U.S. Dept. of Justice. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (Washington, DC). National GAINS Center (Delmar, NY). When compared to other community supervision programs, drug courts provide more comprehensive supervision and more frequent drug testing and monitoring. Drug Courts all have higher rates of retention. Lane County's use of a drug court to improve supervision of participants with co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders in post-booking jail diversion is highlighted.... Read More	2 p.
1999	Maintaining Medicaid Benefits for Jail Detainees with Co-Occurring Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC); U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services. Center for Substance Abuse Treatment(Rockville, MD); U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services. Center for Mental Health Services (Washington, DC); U.S. Dept. of Justice. Office of Justice Programs (Washington, DC); U.S. Dept. of Justice. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (Washington, DC). National GAINS Center (Delmar, NY). Federal regulations do not require termination of benefits to those who receive Medicaid, Social Security Insurance, or Social Security Disability Insurance if they are detained in jail. Regaining these benefits upon release is difficult at best. Loss of benefits can jeopardize any positive effects the individual realized while detained, since she/he may not have readily available access to community treatment services. Lane County, Oregon, is presented as an example of how a community can succe... Read More	2 p.
1999	Addressing the Needs of Women in Mental Illness/Substance Use Disorder Jail Diversion Programs National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC); U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services. Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (Rockville, MD); U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services. Center for Mental Health Services (Washington, DC); U.S. Dept. of Justice. Office of Justice Programs (Washington, DC); U.S. Dept. of Justice. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (Washington, DC). National GAINS Center (Delmar, NY). The number of women offenders has increased 273% during the last 15 years. Unfortunately, there has been little done to redesign programs and services to meet the needs of women. An example of a successful program designed for the diversion of female offenders with co-occurring disorders is the Phoenix Project of Wicomico County, Maryland. This pre- and post-booking diversion program provides intensive case management and integrated mental health and substance abuse services on site. Brokered se... Read More	6 p.
1999	Supermax Prisons: Overview and General Considerations By Riveland, Chase. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). The author discusses the history and definition of extended control facilities and addresses their operational and staffing issues as well as those of siting, construction and design. He concludes that the purpose of such facilities should not be to exact additional punishment or to function as a repository for bothersome, self-destructive, mentally ill inmates or those who need protection or have an infectious disease, but should be operated with the assumption that the inmate must be denied ac... Read More	35 p.
1999	Compendium of OJP-Sponsored Projects Relating to Sex Offenders U.S. Dept. of Justice. Office of Justice Programs (Washington, DC); National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC); State Justice Institute (Alexa. Center for Sex Offender Management (Silver Spring, MD). A compendium of Department of Justice-sponsored initiatives relating to sex offender management is presented. Subsections include adult classification research, community notification research, evaluation of supervision and treatment approach research, juvenile sex offender research, national surveys, risk assessment research, community notification and registration, use of the polygraph, supervision and treatment programs for sex offenders, training and technical assistance for policy makers an... Read More	43 p.
1999	Sexually Transmitted Diseases in Jails As a Public Health Issue By Krauth, Barbara; Clem, Constance. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC); U.S. Bureau of Prisons (Washington, DC); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Atlanta, GA). LIS, Inc. (Longmont, CO); National Institute of Corrections Information Center (Longmont, CO). A survey of members of the Large Jail Network finds that health care is provided by the majority of respondents through a combination of providers (e.g., jail staff in coordination with the county health department and hospitals). Positive relations exist between local health departments and the majority of the responding correctional organizations. All inmates are tested for STDs by 49% of the respondents, while 39% screen inmates and test only those for whom testing is indicated. The majority ... Read More	8 p.
1999	MIS Systems in State Prisons - Special Issues in Corrections National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). LIS, Inc. (Longmont, CO); National Institute of Corrections Information Center (Longmont, CO); National Institute of Corrections. Prisons Division (Washington, DC). A national baseline describing the status of state departments of corrections offender MIS systems, in particular, their use in classification, was established. MIS systems are used to make appropriate decisions about individual offenders by utilizing data on length of stay, custody and security levels, housing, and discipline. Another function of MIS systems is their ability to combine information on individuals in order to generate reports on trends, budgets, program evaluations, scheduling, a... Read More	15 p.
1999	Taft Prison Facility: Cost Scenarios By Nelson, Julianne. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). The contract cost of services provided by Wackenhut to run the Taft facility are compared to the cost of comparable services directly provided by the Bureau of Prisons. The Taft project is the first fully-privatized federal correctional facility with an outside contractor assuming primary responsibility for operations. This report includes the following sections: an introduction; OMB Circular A-76 methodology; basis of comparison; comparing costs -- staff compensation, inmate services; miscellan... Read More	20 p.
1999	The Courage to Change: A Guide for Communities to Create Integrated Services for People with Co-Occurring Disorders in the Justice System National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC); U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services. Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (Rockville, MD); U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services. Center for Mental Health Services (Washington, DC). National GAINS Center (Delmar, NY); Open Society Institute-New York. Center on Crime, Communities, and Culture (New York, NY). Written to provide a view of successful principles, this guide offers information on how to develop, implement, finance and sustain programs that integrate the mental health, substance abuse treatment and justice systems for adult and young offenders with co-occurring disorders. The document provides an overview of the emerging landscape and covers start-up and implementation of successful integrated collaborations, financing programs, and sustaining successful programs. Included are appendices ... Read More	50 p.
1999	State Organizational Structures for Delivering Adult Probation Services By Krauth, Barbara; Linke, Larry. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). National Institute of Corrections Information Center (Longmont, CO); LIS, Inc. (Longmont, CO). Updating information provided in a 1993 NIC publication, this is the third study of adult probation sponsored by NIC since 1983. Sections include: current state of probation in the United States; changes in state structures for delivering adult probation services since 1993; profile of the delivery structure in each state; and three appendices with selected information from earlier studies.Twenty-six states deliver probation services through an agency within the department of corrections. Twenty... Read More	97 p.
1999	Case Studies on the Center for Sex Offender Management's National Resource Sites U.S. Dept. of Justice. Office of Justice Programs (Washington, DC); National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC); State Justice Institute (Alexandria, VA). Center for Sex Offender Management (Silver Spring, MD). These case studies reflect lessons learned from Center for Sex Offender management (CSOM) Resource Sites. Resource sites are "communities around the country who have demonstrated--through collaboration between criminal justice and health system agencies--that they can manage sex offenders and increase public safety" (p.ix.) Contents of this publication include an introduction and background, and summaries of ten Resource Sites' activities.... Read More	57 p.
1999	Washington State's Corrections Clearinghouse: A Comprehensive Approach to Offender Employment By Finn, Peter. National Institute of Justice (Washington, DC); National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC); U.S. Dept. of Education. Office of Correctional Ed. National Institute of Justice (Washington, DC). The Corrections Clearinghouse (CCH) provides a wide range of services to prison inmates. Direct services include vocational assessments, job preparation training, and employment assistance. CCH also provides brokering and coordination services. While CCH's mission includes the provision of services to prisons, it also works with juvenile facilities and promotes jail employment skills training. Eighty percent of CCH enrollees completed programs. Of Ex-Offender Work Orientation (Ex-O) Program pa... Read More	20 p.
1999	Prisoner Access to Interactive Computer Services: Report to the U.S. Attorney General By Clem, Constance. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). LIS, Inc. (Longmont, CO); National Institute of Corrections Information Center (Longmont, CO). Research into what extent each State allows its prisoners access to interactive computer service resulted in this report. This document contains a project overview, findings in brief, project findings (current agency practice, statutory restrictions on access, and correctional policies), and a conclusion. The study found that correctional agencies are well aware of the security risk interactive computer systems can pose, and are also concerned with inmate access to such systems. The bulk of this... Read More	51 p.
1998	Successful Job Placement for Ex-Offenders: The Center for Employment Opportunities By Finn, Peter. National Institute of Justice (Washington, DC); National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC); U.S. Dept. of Education. Office of Correctional Ed. National Institute of Justice (Washington, DC). The Center for Employment Opportunities (CEO) in New York City provides newly released offenders, primarily boot camp releasees, with a program designed to ease their reintegration into society. This "Program Focus" describes the transition from work crew participation to job placement interview, to permanent employment, to follow-up services. Responsibilities of the CEO staff, its relationship with the community, its success rate, and testimonials from CEO participants are included. ... Read More	19 p.
1998	Texas' Project RIO (Re-Integration of Offenders) By Finn, Peter. National Institute of Justice (Washington, DC); National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC); U.S. Dept. of Education. Office of Correctional Ed. National Institute of Justice (Washington, DC). Providing job preparation services to inmates while they are still incarcerated in state prisons, Project RIO also provides job placement services to parolees in every county in Texas. According to a 1992 independent evaluation, a large percentage of RIO participants found employment, and only 23 percent of high-risk participants returned to prison compared with 38 percent of non-RIO parolees. ... Read More	19 p.
1998	Chicago's Safer Foundation: A Road Back for Ex-Offenders By Finn, Peter. National Institute of Justice (Washington, DC); National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC); U.S. Dept. of Education. Office of Correctional Ed. National Institute of Justice (Washington, DC). The Safer Foundation helps ex-offenders find and hold jobs, and has expanded its focus to provide basic education, life skills training, support for solving social problems, and followup services after placement. Its Programmed Activities for Correctional Education (PACE) Institute provides detainees and inmates in Chicago's Cook County Jail with basic education and life skills courses and some one-on-one tutoring. Its Crossroads Community Correctional Center, Illinois' largest work rele... Read More	19 p.
1998	The Delaware Department of Correction Life Skills Program By Finn, Peter. National Institute of Justice (Washington, DC); National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC); U.S. Dept. of Education. Office of Correctional Ed. National Institute of Justice (Washington, DC). This Program Focus profiles a 4-month state program for incarcerated men and women which includes academics, violence reduction, and applied life skills and incorporates a Moral Reconation Therapy approach. It addresses issues in staffing and program development, describes program costs, and provides vignettes of participants' experiences during and after the program. ... Read More	19 p.
1998	Jail Design Guide: A Resource for Small and Medium-Sized Jails National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). Kimme & Associates, Inc.. Addresses architectural design as it relates to functional components of the jail, discusses overall design considerations, and reviews pre-design planning, renovation, construction costs, and facility transition.... Read More	372
1998	Directory of Programs Serving Families of Adult Offenders By Mustin, James W., ed.; Halfacre, Stephanie, ed.. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). Family and Corrections Network (Palmyra, VA); National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). This revised edition updates the directory, dated October 1995 and lists programs in the United States and Canada.... Read More	38 p.
1998	Current Issues in the Operation of Women's Prisons National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). LIS, Inc. (Longmont, CO); National Institute of Corrections. Prisons Division (Washington, DC); National Institute of Corrections Information Center (Longmont, CO). Focusing on secure facilities housing only adult female offenders, this report provides information on the names and locations of such facilities, the number of women housed at each facility, staffing ratios and the gender breakdown of staff, the availability of specialized training for staff, and programs and policies specific to female inmates.... Read More	17 p.
1998	Hospice and Palliative Care in Prisons National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). LIS, Inc. (Longmont, CO); National Institute of Corrections Information Center (Longmont, CO); National Institute of Corrections. Prisons Division (Washington, DC). Twelve Departments of Correction are identified in this study as providing formal hospice care to terminally ill inmates. A growing number of inmates are dying in prisons, primarily due to the prevalence of HIV infection in prison populations and the imposition of longer prison sentences as a result of tougher sentencing laws. This report discusses those existing hospice programs and outlines the advantages of the hospice approach in the prison environment. ... Read More	11 p.
1998	Environmental Scan: Factors Potentially Affecting the Management and Operation of Corrections Agencies National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). National Institute of Corrections Information Center (Longmont, CO); LIS, Inc. (Longmont, CO). Findings from this scan are grouped into three main sections and range from case processing statistics to discussions of legislative activity to snapshots of correctional issues as they affect state and local agencies. Section 1. Corrections in society, includes such topics as crime rates and victims, media coverage, legislation, and criminal filings. Section 2. Corrections Agency Management and Operations, and Section 3. Special Issues in Corrections, cover topics as follows: legal issues, heal... Read More	38 p.
1998	Private Prisons in the United States: An Assessment of Current Practice By McDonald, Douglas. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). Abt Associates (Cambridge, MA). After presenting an overview of the private imprisonment industry, this assessment addresses four major issues in privatization: Does contracting for prison operations save money? Do privately operated facilities provide better services? Legal issues relevant to contracting for imprisonment, and Implications for federal prisons. ... Read More	212 p.
1998	Objective Jail Classification Systems: A Guide for Jail Administrators By Austin, James. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). Objective jail classification (OJC) is a process of assessing every jail inmate's custody and program needs and is considered one of the most important management tools available to jail administrators and criminal justice system planners. An effective system of inmate classification will reduce escapes and escape attempts, suicides and suicide attempts, and inmate assaults. OJC systems use locally developed and validated instruments, one at intake and another after a period of confinement, that... Read More	72 p.
1998	And So I Began to Listen to Their Stories -- Working with Women in the Criminal Justice System By Galbraith, Susan. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC); U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services. Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (Rockville, MD); U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services. Center for Mental Health Services (Washington, DC). National GAINS Center (Delmar, NY). What can we as a society do to help women with histories of trauma, mental illness, and substance abuse stay out of the criminal justice system and re-integrate back into the community? This document consists of interviews with ten women, nine living in the community and one still incarcerated, as well as, interviews with ten leaders and innovators in working with women who are in the criminal justice system.... Read More	125 p.
1998	Jail Design and Operation and the Constitution: An Overview By Collins, William C.. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). The Constitution protects inmates in jails and prisons, and this paper discusses the continuing challenge of deciding what those protections mean in practice and the struggle to assure that inmate rights are met. "Condition cases" have resulted in courts reducing jail populations and have a great impact on facility design and operation and the cost of operating a jail. Legal issues whose impact are primarily operational are also highlighted.... Read More	77 p.
1997	Screening and Assessment of Co-Occurring Disorders in the Justice System By Peters, Roger H.; Bartoi, Marla Green. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC); U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services. Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (Washington, DC); U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services. Center for Mental Health Services (Washington, DC). National GAINS Center (Delmar, NY); University of South Florida. Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute. Dept. of Mental Health Law and Policy (Tampa, FL). The rates of both mental health disorders and substance abuse disorders are significantly higher among criminal justice populations than those in the general population. Screening and assessing inmates for these disorders is addressed in this document, with the focus on the instruments available for this work, and how to combine them to screen and assess co-occurring disorders.... Read More	133 p.
1997	Critical Issues in Managing Women Offenders, September 7-12, 1997, Longmont, Colorado: Evaluation Report By Adams, Linda. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). An evaluation of the feedback from this training seminar's participants indicates that the program was considered an overall success. Participants and the evaluator give suggestions for possible improvement of future meetings.... Read More	24 p.
1997	Policy-Driven Responses to Probation and Parole Violations By Burke, Peggy B.. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). Center for Effective Public Policy (Silver Spring, MD); National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). The author describes the experiences of probation and parole agencies from across the country that worked with NIC on developing innovative approaches to probation and parole violations and revocations. The document identifies critical issues emerging from these experiences, and discusses the impact that some of these approaches had on the jurisdiction or agency involved. ... Read More	48 p.
1997	An Overview of Sex Offender Community Notification Practices: Policy Implications and Promising Approaches U.S. Dept. of Justice. Office of Justice Programs (Washington, DC); National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC); State Justice Institute (Alexa. Center for Sex Offender Management (Silver Spring, MD). Community notification laws are currently in place in 47 states. This brief offers up-to-date information to inform citizens, state and local leaders, and criminal justice professionals about these procedures and what the research suggests about their effectiveness. It addresses the benefits and limitations of these laws and examines their impact on communities, offenders, and victims.... Read More	8 p.
1997	Cognitive-Behavioral Programs: A Resource Guide to Existing Services By Van Dieten, Marilyn. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). Designed to give correctional practitioners an overview of services available for use with their clients, this resources guide lists cognitive-behavioral programs for males, females, youth, adults, and couples. It covers primary need areas as follows: substance abuse, sex offenses, anger, cognitive skills, employment, relapse prevention, domestic abuse, and criminal attitudes.... Read More	25 p.
1997	Involving Families in Systems Change: Improving Services for People with Co-Occurring Disorders in the Criminal and Juvenile Justice Systems: Strategies for Families [and Strategies for Service Providers] Brochures] National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC); U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services. Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (Washington, DC); U.. National GAINS Center (Delmar, NY); Policy Research, Inc. (Delmar, NY). These brief brochures describe the strategies for families and for service providers that are available through the GAINS Center. Included are examples of success, challenges to involving families, and resources for further information.... Read More	4 p.
1997	Fees Paid by Jail Inmates: Findings from the Nation's Largest Jails National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). LIS, Inc. (Longmont, CO); National Institute of Corrections Information Center (Longmont, CO); National Institute of Corrections. Jails Division (Longmont, CO). This survey of large jails confirmed that the charging of inmate fees is prevalent and increasing. Inmates are most commonly charged fees for medical care and participation in work release programs. Other fees reported include per diem charges, services such as bonding, telephone use, and haircuts, and participation in programs such as weekend incarceration, electronic monitoring, or substance abuse treatment. The survey details data on fees imposed, revenues collected, and where the fees are cr... Read More	22 p.
1997	Supermax Housing: A Survey of Current Practice National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). National Institute of Corrections Information Center (Longmont, CO); LIS, Inc. (Longmont, CO); National Institute of Corrections. Prisons Division (Washington, DC). Results of a nationwide survey of supermax housing practice identify current and planned supermax housing, explore issues in inmate management in supermax, and examine programming provided to inmates in supermax housing. Difficulties in defining supermax housing are discussed, and availability of programs such as mental health care and law library access are summarized. Tables detail characteristics of supermax facilities by state, and a list of DOC contacts on supermax issues is also included. ... Read More	13 p.
1997	Women in Jail: Classification Issues By Brennan, Tim; Austin, James. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). The authors examine issues related to classification of female jail inmates by profiling the female inmate population and discussing problems associated with using a single classification system for both male and female inmates or a gender-neutral system. This document also provides guidelines for designing a classification system specifically for women. ... Read More	23 p.
1997	The Prevalence of Co-Occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders in the Criminal Justice System National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC); U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services. Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (Washington, DC); U.. National GAINS Center (Delmar, NY). Having a substance abuse disorder is related to a higher likelihood of having a co-occurring mental illness. Similarly, having a mental illness increases the probability of having a co-occurring substance abuse disorder. This paper details the occurrences of both disorders in the nation's jails, prisons, and community corrections agencies.... Read More	2 p.
1997	Occupational Analysis or DACUM Profiles for Deputy Sheriff I, Deputy Sheriff Shift Commander (Lieutenant), Deputy Sheriff Supervisor (Sergeant), and Inmate Services Counselor I National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). Arlington County Sheriff's Offfice (Arlington, VA). These profiles provide a list of duties and tasks for each of the positions under consideration. Designing a curriculum (DACUM) is a process that analyzes an occupation under consideration; producing a profile describing specific tasks, that workers must perform.... Read More	15 p.
1997	A Review of the Jail Function Within State Unified Corrections Systems By Krauth, Barbara. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). LIS, Inc. (Longmont, CO); National Institute of Corrections Information Center (Longmont, CO). A state unified system is one in which there is an integrated state-level prison and jail system. This document describes the provision of jail services in the six states that have such a system. The first part examines commonalities and differences in the ways the systems operate, and part two presents a profile of each state's corrections system and its jail function within the system. The six states are: Alaska, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Rhode Island, and Vermont.... Read More	20 p.
1997	The Connecticut Office of Adult Probation Vision National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). Connecticut Judicial Branch. Office of Adult Probation (Rocky Hill, CT). This statement of the Connecticut Office of Adult Probation's vision contains brief outlines of its mission and outcome goals for clients, criminal justice agencies, staff, victims, and the community. Also included from this results driven agency are the "1996 Annual Statistical Report Statewide" and an edition of the Strategic Planning News entitled, "Strategic Planning Outcome Measures and Data Elements Updated for the Office of Adult Probation."... Read More	40 p.
1997	Intervention Strategies for Offenders with Co-Occurring Disorders: What Works? By Peters, Roger H.; Hills, Holly A.. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC); U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services. Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (Washington, DC); U.. University of Florida. Louis de la Porte Florida Mental Health Institute. Dept. of Mental Health Law and Policy (Tampa, FL). Various models of intervention have been developed to address the needs of persons with co-occurring disorders. Therapeutic communities, 12-step programs, and cognitive-behavioral interventions that were designed initially to treat mental illness have been modified to address co-occurring substance abuse. This report highlights the need for additional monitoring of persons with co-occurring disorders who are under community supervision, and the importance of cross-training for supervision office... Read More	56 p.
1996	Guide to a Criminal Justice System Assessment: A Work in Progress By Burke, Peggy; Cushman, Robert; Ney, Becki. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). Center for Effective Public Policy (Silver Spring, MD); National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). A system assessment is a collaborative effort between a jurisdiction, the National Institute of Corrections, and consultants to develop a shared understanding of how an existing sanctioning system works. This guide defines what a system assessment and its multiple dimensions are, discusses the approach to the system assessment, and describes how a system assessment can be conducted. Jurisdictions taking part in an assessment can expect to: 1. have two, three-day site visits by an assessment team... Read More	134 p.
1996	Sexual Misconduct in Prisons: Law, Agency Response, and Prevention National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). LIS, Inc. (Longmont, CO); National Institute of Corrections Information Center (Longmont, CO); National Institute of Corrections. Prisons Division (Washington, DC). Fifty-three departments of corrections responded to a survey regarding sexual misconduct by correctional staff, defined as sexual interactions between staff and inmates. Responses are summarized and tabulated in areas including: legislation; litigation; DOC policies; agency response to sexual misconduct; staff training; and prevention. ... Read More	10 p.
1996	Developing/Revising Detention Facility Policies and Procedures By Martin, Mark D.. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). Assists local detention administrators in the development and/or revision of their policy and procedures manuals. Includes discussion of concepts such as direct supervision, objective jail classification, and other advances in correctional practice.... Read More	23 p.
1996	Resources on Privatization in Corrections: Annotated Bibliography National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). National Institute of Corrections Information Center (Longmont, CO); LIS, Inc. (Longmont, CO). Prepared by NIC Information Center as a resource for further exploration of options and issues in correctional privatization, this bibliography lists more than 100 documents from the NIC's Robert J. Kutak Library. It was developed for participants in a three-hour videoconference designed to address issues in the privatization of both correctional facilities and related services. ... Read More	35 p.
1996	Managing Staff: Corrections' Most Valuable Resource By Camp, George M.; Camp, Camille G.; Fair, Michael V.. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). Association of State Correctional Administrators (South Salem, NY); National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). This document presents a comprehensive review of staff retention strategies and an assessment of management strategies that have proven successful. It also details research on retention in four departments of correction and suggests improvements in tracking vital statistics on retention. ... Read More	121 p.
1996	Community Justice: Striving for Safe, Secure, and Just Communities National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). LIS, Inc. (Longmont, CO); National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). Eight authors discuss changes occurring in criminal justice under the general theme of community justice. Topics discussed include restorative justice, acknowledging probation's multiple clients, the role of risk assessment, thinking differently about justice, community involvement, and neighborhood supervision. ... Read More	45 p.
1996	Women Offender Issues: Annotated Bibliography National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). National Institute of Corrections Information Center (Longmont, CO); LIS, Inc. (Longmont, CO). Listing selected documents from the NIC Information Center, this bibliography cites resources in 21 categories: 1. Abuse 2. Alternatives to Incarceration 3. Bibliographies 4. Boot Camps 5. Children of Offenders 6. Classification 7. Death Row 8. Demographies 9. Education 10. Elderly Inmates 11. Facility Design 12. Health Care 13. Legal Issues 14. Mental Health 15. Parity 16. Recidivism 17. Sentencing 18. Sex Offenders 19. Sexual Misconduct 20. Staff Training and 21. Substance Abuse Treatment. ... Read More	53 p.
1996	Privatization and Contracting in Corrections: Results of an NIC Survey National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). LIS, Inc. (Longmont, CO); National Institute of Corrections Information Center (Longmont, CO); National Institute of Corrections. Prisons Division (Washington, DC). This fifty state survey explores the issues of contracting from the perspective of the department of corrections themselves. It summarizes current activity in contracting for facilities and services, both in terms of scope and related costs, and examines issues in contract management. Part 1 addresses facility privatization, and Part 2 covers contracting for correctional services. A listing of DOC contracting contacts is included as Appendix A. ... Read More	24 p.
1996	Parallel Perceptions: Gender, Job Enrichment and Job Satisfaction Among Correctional Officers in Women's Jails By Stohr, Mary K.; Mays, G. Larry; Lovrich, Nicholas P.; Gallegos, Amanda M.. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). The available research, presented in this document, comparing men and women in correctional occupations suggests that they tend to be more alike than different in their job behaviors and in their perceptions of the workplace. An important difference was discovered. Female staff bring more of a social service orientation to their work than do male staff, coinciding with the movement toward a human service model for corrections work.... Read More	24 p.
1996	Women in Jail: Legal Issues By Collins, William C.; Collins, Andrew W.. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). Developed to assist jail administrators, this document reviews the major legal issues concerning female inmates, including those arising under the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, medical needs of women, and sexual harassment. It profiles the female inmate population and facilities, programs, and services generally available, and reviews caselaw of significance to jail administrators. ... Read More	40 p.
1996	Audits of Podular Direct-Supervision Jails By Farbstein, Jay; Liebert, Dennis; Sigurdson, Herbert. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). Three facilities varying in size and region were audited to measure the state of the art in podular direct-supervision jails, to test how well direct supervision is performing, and to point out its strengths and challenges. Staff and inmates in facilities in Minnesota, Florida, and Massachusetts were surveyed on issues such as safety and security, effective supervision of inmates, classification, staffing and training, and design and environment. Findings are presented in detail by facility.... Read More	64 p.
1996	Evaluability Assessment: A Tool for Program Development in Corrections By Van Voorhis, Patricia; Brown, Kelly. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). University of Cincinnati. Division of Criminal Justice (Cincinnati, OH). Evaluability assessment helps to determine whether a program has been planned and implemented well enough to be evaluated. This monograph focuses on how to plan and develop the type of program that is likely to produce a successful comprehensive evaluation. It highlights some of the most recent efforts to examine programs in terms of whether or not they are utilizing dimensions known to be effective and avoiding those established as ineffective. ... Read More	43 p.
1996	The National GAINS Center for People with Co-Occurring Disorders in the Justice System: Brochures National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC); U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services. Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (Washington, DC); U.. National GAINS Center (Delmar, NY); Policy Research, Inc. (Delmar, NY). Five brochures are included in this document, with titles as follows: Jail Diversion/Creating Alternatives for Persons with Mental Illnesses; Addressing the Specific Needs of Women with Co-Occurring Disorders in the Criminal Justice System; Treatment of People with Co-Occurring Disorders in the Criminal Justice System; The National GAINS Center for People with Co-Occurring Disorders in the Justice System; and Screening and Assessment of Co-Occurring Disorders in the Justice System.... Read More	10 p.
1996	Project Re-Enterprise: A Texas Program By Moses, Marilyn C.. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). National Institute of Justice (Washington, DC). Project Re-Enterprise (PRE), administered by the Crime Prevention Institute, enlists the participation of local business leaders in an educational initiative to hone the job-seeking skills of inmates, who interview at mock job fairs. In addition to providing interviewing practice for the inmates, the program has caused some employers to voluntarily alter their policies regarding hiring ex-offenders. This Program Focus describes PRE's process, funding, and measures of success, and also outlines t... Read More	16 p.
1996	Update: Correctional Beds Not in Use Due to Lack of Funds; Update: State Prison Beds Not in Use Due to Lack of Funds National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). National Institute of Corrections Information Center (Longmont, CO); LIS, Inc. (Longmont, CO). A survey of the fifty states, the District of Columbia, and eight local jurisdictions, identified four jurisdictions in which correctional facility beds that are ready for occupancy are not yet in use due to a lack of funding. Three jurisdictions also reported previously operational bedspace that has been closed due to budgetary shortfalls. The report presents data on the specific facilities involved, their location, size, and security levels.... Read More	2 p.
1996	Risk Classification in the 1990s By Van Voorhis, Patricia; Brown, Kelly. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). University of Cincinnati. Division of Criminal Justice (Cincinnati, OH). This monograph reviews several models for risk classification and describes the current state of offender risk classification, as well as furnishing a consumer's guide to risk assessment. The authors present options, review issues, promote the proper use of available technology, and identify potential misuse of risk assessments.... Read More	60 p.
1996	NAVCON Brig Sex Offender Treatment Program [Facilitator and Participant Manuals] National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). NAVCON Brig Sex Offender Treatment Program (N.P.). This two year voluntary program assists participants through group sessions and individual behavioral treatment sessions in finding ways to avoid inappropriate and illegal sexual behavior in the future. There are eight modules in this program. Module I is an introduction to the program and covers why enter, what is treatment, autobiography, blocks to treatment, and a glossary. Module II covers relapse prevention and includes: information on the cycle of abuse; building, adding thoughts... Read More
1995	DETOUR Program: Problem Solving Skills for Offenders, a Scripted Unit of Instruction By Burd, Judy. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). Texas Dept. of Criminal Justice. Windham School System (Huntsville, TX). The objectives of this thirty-hour program are to learn and practice problem solving steps, and to discover the correlation between the way we think about situations and the way we respond. Utilizing these problem solving skills outside of the classroom hopefully will result in fewer disciplinary cases and less recidivism. This manual gives detailed lesson plans and outlines.... Read More	150 p.
1995	Drug Testing and Recidivism of Houston Felony Probationers By Wheeler, Gerald R.; Rudolph, Amy S.. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). Harris County Community Supervision and Corrections Dept. (Houston, TX). Wheeler and Rudolph report results of a study on the impact of drug testing during pretrial and probation periods on recidivism rates among felony probationers in Houston, finding that successful probationers were tested and seen by officers a significantly greater number of times than unsuccessful probationers. They place their study in the context of previous research.... Read More	36 p.
1995	Directory of Programs Serving Families of Adult Offenders By Mustin, James W., ed.; Halfacre, Stephanie, ed.. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). Family and Corrections Network (Waynesboro, VA); National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). This directory lists programs in the United States and Canada offering services specifically for families of adult offenders.... Read More	34 p.
1995	Offenders Under Age 18 in State Adult Correctional Systems: A National Picture National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). LIS, Inc. (Longmont, CO); National Institute of Corrections Information Center (Longmont, CO); National Institute of Corrections. Prisons Division (Washington, DC). This report presents an overview of how state department of corrections are responding to the challenge of dealing with juvenile inmates. This information is based on written surveys from forty-nine states plus the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. In addition to states' definitions of "youthful offenders," the survey responses contain information on the minimum age at which juvenile offenders can be sentenced to adult correctional systems, inmate populations, housing policies, programs and ... Read More	30 p.
1995	Safety Awareness Workbook: Anticipating, Identifying, and Resolving the Potential Victimization of Probation and Parole Officers By Kipp, Richard A.. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). Lehigh County Adult Probation and Parole (Allentown, PA). This workbook discusses worker safety issues in probation and parole. Officers' mental attitudes and use of force are addressed. General indications of drug use by clients, signs of aggression, possible resistance or attack, discussion of mental health issues, and general warning signs related to sex offenders are discussed. Finally, safety tactics, such as light conditions, building design, and vehicle considerations are discussed as they relate to officer safety.... Read More	88 p.
1995	Intermediate Sanctions for Women Offenders National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). Oregon Dept. of Corrections. Intermediate Sanctions for Women Offenders Policy Group (Salem, OR). The Intermediate Sanctions for Women Offenders Policy Group compiled and analyzed qualitative and quantitative information on women offenders, the criminal justice decision making process, and programming resources available to women offenders in Oregon. This document describes the project process and presents the Policy Group's findings, observations, and recommendations. Topics covered include: supervision, probation, parole, trend data, offender demographics, and staff training.... Read More	100 p.
1995	Technology Issues in Corrections Agencies: Results of a 1995 Survey National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). LIS, Inc. (Longmont, CO); National Institute of Corrections Information Center (Longmont, CO); National Institute of Corrections. Prisons Division (Washington, DC). This document reports the results of a 1995 survey of federal, state, and local corrections agencies on their current utilization of technology and their unmet technology needs. Types of security technology include: perimeter security, access control, surveillance, drug use detection, and contraband detection. Non-security technologies include: electronic monitoring, communications, and education/training. Issues related to technology use are also discussed. The appendices include technology t... Read More	81 p.
1995	Communications in Corrections--Supplement By Stucker, John J.; Smith, Gretchen M.; Sprecher, Rob. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). This supplement describes the communications audits, technical assistance, and small grant projects supported by the National Institute of Corrections (NIC) during this communications improvement program. The report summarizes communication issues and effective strategies for improvement. Topics discussed include community relations, media relations, corrections policy, internal communications, and organizational development. Included is a summary of the steps involved in developing a strate... Read More	16 p.
1995	Profiling the Needs of California's Female Prisoners: A Needs Assessment By Owen, Barbara; Bloom, Barbara. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). Following a review of the literature on the female offender, this report describes the nature of the population of women in California prisons, the types and extent of program availability, and the gap between program needs and availability. The institutional program survey form and the survey instrument used to profile the needs of California's female prisoners are appended.... Read More	96 p.
1995	New Jersey Department of Corrections Initial Classification System: Design and Validation, Final Report By Hardyman, Patricia L.; Austin, James. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). National Council on Crime and Delinquency (San Francisco, CA). This report documents the development of an objective classification system that addressed the specific organizational needs and population of the New Jersey Department of Corrections. It reviews the methodology, initial classification validation results, instrument modification recommendations, impact of the modifications, projected lengths of stay and the average daily population, implementation results, training/orientation programs, and next steps to be taken.... Read More	72 p.
1995	Massachusetts Department of Correction Female Offender Objective Classification Technical Assistance Project: Final Report By Forcier, Michael W.. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). Massachusetts Dept. of Correction (Boston, MA). This report summarizes the development of a classification system specific to the security, custody and programmatic needs of female offenders in the Massachusetts Department of Correction. The report includes the data collection instrument, an explanation of the sampling strategy, study results and a discussion of these results. The appendices include recommendations for the design of a classification system, a breakdown of the study's data, and distribution of maladjustment scores.... Read More	42 p.
1995	Prison Suicide: An Overview and Guide to Prevention By Hayes, Lindsay M.. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). National Center on Institutions and Alternatives (Mansfield, MA); National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). This monograph presents a review of the literature and of national and state standards for prison suicide prevention, as well as national data on the incidence and rate of prison suicide, effective prevention programs, and discussion of liability issues. Topics also discussed include staff training, intake screening/assessment, housing, levels of supervision, intervention and administrative review. The document also examines the role of the courts in shaping prison suicide policy. ... Read More	108 p.
1995	Legislative Liaison: How Corrections Departments Work with Legislatures National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). LIS, Inc. (Longmont, CO); National Institute of Corrections Information Center (Longmont, CO); National Institute of Corrections. Prisons Division (Washington, DC). This study summarizes the ways in which state departments of corrections work with their state legislatures, focusing on the role of "legislative liaisons." It includes the role of liaisons within the agency, communication with the DOC staff, coordination of DOC involvement with the legislature, and a list of DOC Legislative Liaisons.... Read More	10 p.
1994	THINK National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). Wisconsin Dept. of Corrections (Madison, WI). The focus of the Cognitive Interventions Program is to change the criminal behavior of offenders by motivating them to change themselves. Cognitive change is self-change. This program is divided into four phases. Phase I - Orientation: This phase is designed to teach the basic concepts and techniques of cognitive change. Phase II - The Change Process: In this phase offenders use techniques of cognitive self-observation (Thinking Reports, Journals, Problem and Hassle Logs) to identify thei... Read More	148 p.
1994	Chronic Care Clinics: Protocols and Clinic Procedures By Hipkens, James H.; Krause, Kathryn; Lamarre, Madeleine. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). Georgia Dept. of Corrections (Atlanta, GA). Chronic care clinic procedures and protocols are provided for the following areas: cardiovascular, diabetes mellitus, gastrointestinal, hypertension, infectious disease, seizure, pulmonary, tuberculosis infection, and men's and women's wellness clinics. The document, "Drug Formulary," by the Georgia Department of Corrections is included.... Read More	153 p.
1994	Cost Containment Measures and Impacts in Six Departments of Correction National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). LIS, Inc. (Longmont, CO); National Institute of Corrections Information Center (Longmont, CO). This report describes the cost containment measures taken in five state Department of Corrections and the Correctional Service of Canada. The six profiles cover the following aspects of cost containment initiatives: the impetus behind the cost containment effort; the selection and design of the cost containment measures; the methods used to evaluate the impact of those measures; and a description of each measure and its impact. States included in this review are Indiana, Nebraska, Oregon, Tennes... Read More	32 p.
1994	Colorado Department of Corrections Parole Population Projections By McVey, Aaron David; Jones, Michael. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). National Council on Crime and Delinquency (San Francisco, CA). This report presents projections for the Colorado parole population through the year 2004 using a planning simulation and projection model developed by the National Council on Crime and Delinquency. These parole projections are divided into parole caseload subgroups based on gender, felony class and parole legislation type. This report contains: a summary of parole legislation; a summary of admission, release and caseload trends; a summary of the forecast method; and projected parole caselo... Read More	53 p.
1994	Genesis Facility - Post Occupancy Evaluation: Final Report By Wener, Richard E.; Farbstein, Jay. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). Jay Farbstein and Associates (San Luis Obispo, CA). This report describes the results of a pilot test of Post Occupancy Evaluation research instruments used at the Genesis program facility of Orange County Corrections Division. The report discusses the study's goals, provides a site description, and explains the evaluation methods. Evaluation issues include: communication, security, privacy, crowding, appearance, health care, surveillance, staff facilities, morale, and maintenance. The appendices contain a copy of the inmate and staff surveys, s... Read More	42 p.
1994	Post Occupancy Evaluation Procedure: Instruments and Instructions for Use By Wener, Richard E.. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). Orange County Corrections Division (Orlando, FL). This report describes the development and testing of several research instruments used for Post Occupancy Evaluations (POE) of jails. Included are five POE instruments with instructions on their use. Instruments provided are: administrator survey, inmate survey, staff survey, evaluation form-maintenance staff, and evaluation form-program/service staff.... Read More	47 p.
1994	Understanding Why Inmates Are Misclassified: The Use of Qualitative Methods in Evaluating Objective Prison Classification By Alexander, Jack; Austin, James. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). National Council on Crime and Delinquency (San Francisco, CA). This study of classification systems has two purposes. The first is to test new methods for evaluating objective prison classification systems by using qualitative research methods. The second is to examine why inmates often do not behave as expected according to their classification level. By looking at two prison systems, this report provides the process evaluation results of their classification systems and explains the factors that influence inmate behaviors.... Read More	63 p.
1994	Profiles of Correctional Substance Abuse Treatment Programs: Women and Violent Youthful Offenders National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). National Institute of Corrections Academy (Longmont, CO); LIS, Inc. (Longmont, CO). This document provides brief overviews of substance abuse treatment programs currently serving women and youthful violent offenders. Eleven programs for women are identified, including OPTIONS, WINGS, Forever Free, Marilyn Baker House, Booneville Treatment Center for Women, Dos Pasos Program, and New Image. The two programs described for youthful violent offenders are the Cook County Day Reporting Center and the substance abuse treatment program at the Lee Arrendale Correctional Institution. Pro... Read More	98 p.
1994	NIC Survey of State Corrections Departments, February, [March, April and May] 1994: Funding for Prison Beds National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). National Institute of Corrections Information Center (Longmont, CO); LIS, Inc. (Longmont, CO). These surveys of state corrections departments examine the planning, construction, and funding of prison beds throughout the United States. This material updates similar information reported in January 1992.... Read More	12 p.
1994	Proceedings of the Large Jail Network Meeting, January 23-25, 1994, Longmont, Colorado National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). National Institute of Corrections. Jails Division (Longmont, CO). This meeting of the Large Jail Network focused on intergovernmental dimensions of the role of the jail in the criminal justice system. This document presents the highlights and proceedings of the meeting. The Appendices include graphs and tables depicting data on major metropolitan jail administration.... Read More	71 p.
1994	The Jail Project Funding Campaign, Bond Issue/Tax Vote, Etc.: An Overview of Some Issues and Ideas By Bowker, Gary M.; Bounds, Bruce R.; Kimme, Dennis A.. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). This document presents ideas and issues for consideration in planning public education on jails and jail bond campaigns. Elements discussed include: project motivators, leadership, project themes, timing, costs, public information strategies, citizen advisory boards, site selection, and bond election tools. The final portion of the document provides a summary of the key points discussed in presentation form.... Read More	35 p.
1994	Survey Report on Internal Offender Classification System By Austin, James; Chan, Luiza. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). National Council on Crime and Delinquency (San Francisco, CA). The report presents the results of a survey on internal offender classification systems across the United States. The report discusses survey methods and prevalence of these systems. It then briefly describes the offender classification systems in various states and the Federal Bureau of Prisons. The survey also solicited agency interest in participating as an internal classification test site. A table detailing each state's response to the survey questions is included.... Read More	10 p.
1994	Manual of Native American Religious Practices in Secure Confinement By Guilfoyle, Michael H.; Kisto, Rose Ann. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). Nebraska Commission on Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice (Lincoln, NE). This manual provides basic information and guidance about the religious practices of Native American Indians in secure confinement. Background information on Native American offenders, historical factors, and the role of religion in rehabilitation is discussed. The manual then reviews religious objects, ceremonial purposes, cultural aspects and spiritual beliefs. It also discusses suicide prevention and provides recommended correctional policies and procedures for working with the Native America... Read More	38 p.
1994	Jail Population Reduction Strategies: An Examination of Five Jurisdictions' Responses to Jail Crowding National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). American Jail Association (Hagerstown, MD). This study examines local criminal justice systems which have reduced or significantly slowed the number of inmates incarcerated in the county jail. The research specifically looks at the processes and methods utilized to accomplish this outcome. Five sites are presented in this report which examines the site environment, population reduction efforts, process changes and programmatic changes.... Read More	32 p.
1994	Forging New Working Partnerships: Results of a National Working Meeting of Police, Probation and Parole Executives By Drake, William R.. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). DRAKE Associates (Washington, DC); National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC); The Police Foundation (Washington, DC). This report on the first-ever meeting of fourteen police, probation, and parole executives from throughout the United States, who met in November 1994, focuses on three main themes. They are: cooperation and information sharing, a shared mission of public safety and enforcement, and the recognition that all are searching for ways to prevent and control crime.... Read More	31 p.
1994	Program Review and Internal Audit in Corrections By Sechrest, Dale K.; McShane, Marilyn; Haefeli, Lawrence F.. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). This report addresses the nature of program review/internal audit systems in correctional agencies and facilities. Based on an analysis of review systems and a review of management literature, the report presents a model program review/internal audit system. Included in this analysis are discussions of evaluation procedures, performance measurements, types of program reviews, risk assessment, priority-setting and management information systems.... Read More	272 p.
1993	The Intermediate Sanctions Handbook: Experiences and Tools for Policymakers By McGarry, Peggy, ed.; Carter, Madeline M., ed.. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC); State Justice Institute (Alexandria, VA). Center for Effective Public Policy (Washington, DC); National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). This handbook offers the collective expertise and experience of those who participated in the State Justice Institute and National Institute of Corrections' cosponsored training and technical assistance program, the Intermediate Sanctions Project. The handbook serves as a planning resource for the development of more effective systems of intermediate sanctions. Chapters containing exercises and discussion outlines address key steps in the intermediate sanctions process from getting started to ma... Read More	155 p.
1993	Women's Jails: An Investigation of Offenders, Staff, Administration and Programming By Stohr, Mary K.; Mays, G. Larry. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). New Mexico State University. Dept. of Criminal Justice (Las Cruces, NM). Five moderate-sized, exclusively women's jails were examined in terms of facility profiles, programming efforts, staffing patterns and characteristics, and inmate characteristics. Data were gathered through jail administrator Profile Forms, site visit interviews with the administrators, site observation of the jails, and staff and inmate questionnaires. The authors recommend that further research on women's jails, especially comparing the exclusively women's and mixed population models, is neede... Read More	122 p.
1993	Correctional Technology: A User's Guide By Kichen, Carol Cole; Murphy, James; Levinson, Robert B.. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). American Correctional Association (Laurel, MD); National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). Meant to provide corrections administrators with a nonbiased, objective source for evaluating different correctional technologies, this guide is divided into seven chapters: 1- Perimeter Security Systems; 2- Locks and Locking Systems; 3- Internal Detection Systems; 4- Monitoring and Surveillance Systems; 5- Fire Safety Systems; 6- Communication Systems; and 7- Management Information Systems. Each chapter includes an abstract, table of contents, executive summary, and sections containing sample ... Read More	278 p.
1993	Arizona Board of Pardons and Paroles - Evaluation of Structured Decision-making Guidelines National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). Arizona Board of Pardons and Paroles (Phoenix, AZ). This packet contains the summary documents and working papers of a parole board that structured their decision-making process based on an empirical instrument. The document begins with a brief overview of the Structured Decision Making Project and then contains many attachments, including the coding manual and various forms used by the Board.... Read More	53 p.
1993	Connecticut Department of Corrections Offender Population Projections By Jones, Michael A.; McVey, Aaron D.; Richer, Frederick G.. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). National Council on Crime and Delinquency (San Francisco, CA). This report presents the results of projections of the sentenced prison and community populations under the supervision of the Connecticut Department of Corrections through the year 2001. The projections, produced through simulation software, break the data into ten distinct offender groups, and six sentence levels within each group. Additionally, the model provides separate projections for female and male inmates.... Read More	33 p.
1993	GDC Diversity By Kerr, Carroll Saylor. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). Georgia Dept. of Corrections (Atlanta, GA). This document aims to discover the attitudes toward cultural diversity within the Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC). The first exercise is used to determine the employees' perceptions of GDC's awareness of and responses to cultural diversity. A sample of the cultural diversity and climate assessment survey is included, along with a recommended protocol for focused interviews. Also contains an extensive list of references.... Read More	33 p.
1993	Proceedings of the Large Jail Network Meeting, January 24-26, 1993, Denver, Colorado National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). National Institute of Corrections. Jails Division (Longmont, CO). The theme of this year's Large Jail Network meeting focuses on the problem of airborne and blood-borne pathogens in jails. The conference opens with a presentation on tuberculosis and infectious diseases, followed by sessions on dealing with blood-borne and airborne pathogens, exposure control plans, training programs, and rising health care costs in jails. Brief findings are provided from NIJ's AIDS survey.... Read More	36 p.
1993	Aggression Management: A Program of Communication Skills and Strategies for Probation and Parole Officers [Lesson Plan] By Bush, Jack. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). Missouri Dept. of Corrections (Jefferson City, MO). The objective of this lesson plan is to provide skills that will assist probation and parole officers to minimize conflict and maximize cooperation between themselves and non-compliant offenders under their supervision. Module topics include: The cognitive foundations of aggressive behavior, Basic skill strategies, Critical situations, Thinking reports as a counseling tool, The follow-up interview, And cognitive counseling skills. The curriculum pack... Read More	52 p.
1993	Probation Case Classification and Workload Measures System for Indiana National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). Indiana Judicial Center (Indianapolis, IN). Sections one and two discuss the history of development and mission/purpose of the Indiana case management system. The next three sections address the implementation strategy for a probation department and use of case classification and workload measures. The last section contains case classification and workload measures forms, such as the adult risk assessment instrument, adult risk reassessment instrument, adult needs assessment instrument, and probation workload measures data collection inst... Read More	47 p.
1993	Indiana Department of Corrections Women Classification Study By Austin, James; Chan, Luiza; Elms, William. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). National Council on Crime and Delinquency (San Francisco, CA). This study evaluates the effect of the current Indiana Department of Corrections classification system on female inmates, with special emphasis on possible over-classification. It also assesses the specific needs and difficulties that female inmates experience during incarceration. Data presented compare male and female inmate classifications and examine female inmates' demographics, abuse history, children, and prison visitation. From this data, the report provides recommendations for adjusting... Read More	46 p.
1993	A Communications Audit: Promoting Public Understanding of Corrections By Stucker, John J.; Camp, George M.; Smith, Gretchen M.. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). This report examines the issues surrounding the corrections community's communications needs, serving as an aid for developing strategies and methodologies to improve the quality and impact of communications activities. This monograph documents and describes the audit process undertaken in three state departments of corrections as they sought to develop more effective communications plans. States included in the project were Rhode Island, Alabama, and California. ... Read More	75 p.
1992	Accelerated Management Selection/Management Training for Adult Correctional Institutions: The Oregon Department of Corrections Institution Supervisor Candidate School By Pearce, Fred B.. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). Oregon Dept. of Corrections (Salem, OR). This Supervisor Candidate School was a project implemented by the Oregon Department of Corrections to prepare its workforce to manage an intended increase in its institutional capacity. This document describes the program: the selection of participants, classroom and on-the-job training, and its implementation. It also describes a study of the program, comparing program participants to a matched group who did not attend the program. Attachments include DACUM job task analysis results and... Read More	32 p.
1992	Diversionary Effectiveness of Community Alternative Programs By Whitehead, John T.; Miller, Larry S.; Myers, Laura B.. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). Tennessee Dept. of Correction (Nashville, TN); East Tennessee State University. Dept. of Criminal Justice and Criminology (Johnson City, TN). Two programs (Community Corrections and Intensive Probation Supervision) implemented by the Tennessee Department of Correction to divert some felony offenders from incarceration are evaluated. Findings indicate that about 50 percent of offenders sentenced to these programs were diverted from an incarcerative sentence. A number of legal and social variables, such as custody status, drug problem, prior record variables and offense severity, explain the sentencing decisions of the judges. This stud... Read More	53 p.
1992	Volunteerism in Corrections: Results of a 1992 Survey National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). LIS, Inc. (Longmont, CO). To assess the state of corrections volunteerism in North America, a survey was disseminated among state corrections departments and various other agencies. Sections address volunteer utilization, personnel issues, labor issues, operations, liability issues, funding and statutory authority for volunteer programs, and degree of interest in NIC demonstration projects and training. Information is also presented from ten organizations that provide volunteers for correctional placements.... Read More	66 p.
1992	Policies Regarding Searches of Visitors: A Survey By Scholes, Patricia. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). National Institute of Corrections Information Center (Longmont, CO); LIS, Inc. (Longmont, CO). Policies of six western prison facilities and one department of corrections regarding searches of visitors are briefly reported.... Read More	2 p.
1992	Female Offenders in the Community: An Analysis of Innovative Strategies and Programs By Austin, James; Bloom, Barbara; Donahue, Trish. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). National Council on Crime and Delinquency (San Francisco, CA); National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). This report describes various strategies and programs that appear to provide effective community supervision and/or treatment of female offenders. It describes the results of a national survey of public and private community programs that supervise female offenders. Additionally, the report discusses the pertinent issues, needs, and problems of this population. Along with describing various programs, the report assesses positive aspects of these programs from their objectives through follow-up a... Read More	82 p.
1992	Quality Through Teamwork National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). New York State Dept. of Correctional Services (Albany, NY). Taught by experienced trainers from correctional facilities, this course brings teamwork training from the business community into correctional services. Designed for administrators and staff alike, this three-day program includes lectures, role-playing, demonstrations, and exercises designed to encourage people to think and act as a team. The course also attempts to improve the participants' communication skills and decision-making abilities. The training package includes a one-volume, loose-le... Read More	54 p.
1992	An Administrative Overview of the Older Inmate By Morton, Joann B.. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). To help correctional administrators meet the needs of an increasing number of older inmates, this document explores primary policy and programmatic issues relevant to this population. It provides a brief overview of existing literature, describes current special unit programs designed for older inmates, and provides an extensive list of resources available for those focusing their efforts on these inmates.... Read More	40 p.
1992	Residential Community Corrections Facilities: Current Practice and Policy Issues By Knapp, Kay; Burke, Peggy; Carter, Mimi. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). This report is based upon a reanalysis of survey data on residential communities corrections facilities and upon case studies of eight residential facilities. While examining the diversity of facilities in terms of population, organizational base, size, and mission, the report also discusses the various roles that these facilities serve within the criminal justice system.... Read More	52 p.
1992	Correctional Industries: Background, Planning and Development Guide for Inmates with Mental Retardation National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). Sociometrics, Inc. (Hyattsville, MD); U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services. President's Committee on Mental Retardation (Washington, DC). Written primarily for human services administrators and specialists, this guide presents a general process for developing or expanding correctional industry programs for inmates that are mentally handicapped. Major sections of the guide include: legal and legislative issues, which cover pertinent legal and statutory regulations governing correctional industries; model services that describe the major components of model services programs geared for the mentally handicapped inmate; operative pro... Read More	144 p.
1992	Presentence Time Served Credits for Sentenced Offenders By Scholes, Patricia. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). National Institute of Corrections Information Center (Boulder, CO); LIS, Inc. (Boulder, CO). An informal survey of corrections personnel in six states found that, in five states, credit for presentence time served is awarded by the county where the prisoner was held, either through the county clerk to the prison or to the sentencing judge. In the sixth state, time is credited by statute. Contacts are provided for additional information.... Read More	1 p.
1992	Briefing Paper: Trends in Jail Privatization National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). National Institute of Corrections Information Center (Boulder, CO); LIS, Inc. (Boulder, CO). This briefing paper provides an overview of trends in jail privatization as evident in the following models: private management, development of a facility by the private sector, and private sector services provision. The author summarizes pro and con arguments, growth trends and the current extent of privatization in jails. Appendix A presents policy statements on corrections privatization from the American Jail Association, the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, t... Read More	24 p.
1992	Briefing Paper: Regional Jails National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). National Institute of Corrections Information Center (Boulder, CO); LIS, Inc. (Boulder, CO). Based on a national jail survey, this briefing paper identifies 15 regional jails. Authors also describe seven organizational structures for regional jails and discuss issues related to the implementation of a multijurisdictional jail. Among the topics addressed are: implementation obstacles, effective planning strategies, and advantages of regional jails.... Read More	3 p.
1992	Inmate Work Programs: A Review of the Literature National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). National Institute of Corrections Information Center (Boulder, CO); LIS, Inc. (Boulder, CO). In a review of recent literature on inmate work programs, the author describes operational assignments within institutions and community service work programs. An appendix includes sample policies and regulations governing inmate work programs.... Read More	75 p.
1992	Community Corrections Acts for State and Local Partnerships By Shilton, Mary K.. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). American Correctional Association (Laurel, MD). With interest in intermediate punishments high for both social and economic reasons, states are increasingly adopting community corrections legislation. Intended for citizen advocates and justice decisionmakers, this manual describes the correctional pressures leading towards legislative action, examines the common and divergent characteristics of state laws, discusses considerations in implementing legislation, and reviews accomplishments of such legislation. A "Compendium of Community Correcti... Read More	53 p.
1992	Managing Probation with Scarce Resources: Obstacles and Opportunities By Cochran, Donald; Corbett, Ronald; Nidorf, Barry; Buck, Gerald S.; Stiles, Don R.. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). Five papers examine cutback management in probation agencies. Specific topics include: the role classification schemes play in making decisions on priorities for supervision; building an external constituency for probation; impact of downsizing on personnel in terms of morale and career stagnation; methods for generating alternative or additional revenue streams; and, action steps that the probation executive facing scarce resources should undertake. ... Read More	53 p.
1992	Corrections 2000: Policies for the Future National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). California Corrections Policy Development Project (Sacramento, CA); California Probation, Parole and Correctional Association (Sacramento, CA). Mission and policy statements developed by the California Corrections Policy Development Project address: system integration, balanced funding, sentencing, punishment options, substance abuse, prevention, victims, staffing, demographic changes, and public education. Concluding remarks define attributes of an effective correctional system. Appendices review the current state of corrections in California and contributing factors in addition to providing background information on the policy projec... Read More	40 p.
1992	Improving the Use of Intermediate Sanctions: Lessons from the Intermediate Sanctions Project By McGarry, Peggy. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC); State Justice Institute (Alexandria, VA). Center for Effective Public Policy (Washington, DC). With the goal of providing support and technical assistance to local jurisdictions, a national project on intermediate sanctions focused on key elements of an intergrated system of intermediate sanctions. This report reviews developments that arose during the project and summarizes discussions on the development of both a range of sentencing options and coherent policy guidelines.... Read More	7 p.
1992	Parole Violation and Revocation: Lessons for Policy Development (Without Appendices) By Burke, Peggy B.; Bellassai, John P.; Toborg, Mary A.. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). Center for Effective Public Policy (Philadelphia, PA); Toborg Associates (Washington, DC); COSMOS Corp. (Washington, DC). Following a discussion of the significance of parole violation and revocation issues, assistance provided by the National Institute of Corrections to each of five jurisdictions is summarized. Because the number of offenders on parole is increasing, the percentage revoked must decline for work load to merely stay constant, necessitating the development of new ways to handle violations.... Read More	35 p.
1992	Community Sanctions Evaluation Project: Final Report By Phelan, Lynn; Brown, Lynn; Friel, Charles. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). Sam Houston State University. Criminal Justice Center (Huntsville, TX). Developed to measure the cost/benefit of applying community sanctions to a specific group of parolees in danger of having their parole revoked, this project required the accomplishment of two goals: 1) Design, test, and document the utility of using spreadsheet technology to evaluate the cost/benefit of alternative community sanctions. 2) Evaluate the cost/benefit of enhanced alternatives proposed by the U.S. Parole Commission in supervising parolees with special drug and alcohol restric... Read More	61 p.
1992	Development of an Objective Classification System: Final Report By Forcier, Michael W.. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). Dougherty Management Associates (Lexington, MA); Social Policy Research Group (Boston, MA). This final report presents the results of a one-year effort to design an objective, point-based system of initial inmate classification for the Massachusetts Department of Correction (MDOC). The present study found age to be a strong correlate of institutional misconduct with younger inmates having significantly higher rates of disciplinary reports than older inmates. A second major finding is that the current classification system results in overclassification of inmates with respect to the gro... Read More	30 p.
1992	Prison Complexes: An Overview National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). LIS, Inc. (Boulder, CO). Prison complexes usually refer to a single site on which two or more institutions are purposefully located in order to share services, utilities, programs, and administration. This document provides an overview of the experiences of agencies that are currently planning or operating such facilities. Experiences in California, Arizona, Michigan, and the U.S. Bureau of Prisons with prison complexes are highlighted.... Read More	70 p.
1992	Issues in Siting Correctional Facilities: An Information Brief By Abrams, Kathleen Shea; Lyons, William. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). National Institute of Corrections. Prisons Division (Washington, DC); Florida Atlantic University, Florida International University. Government Center for Environmental and Urban Problems (Fort Lauderdale, FL). This Information Brief highlights the findings of a study of the impact of correctional facilities on land values and public safety. Documenting the positive and negative impacts of correctional facilities on local communities, the Brief presents strategies for better managing the process of siting correctional facilities. The study concludes that an agency's ability to effectively manage public opposition determines the siting of a correctional facility within that community. ... Read More	18 p.
1992	Policy and Procedures Manual National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). Wyoming Board of Parole (Cheyenne, WY). Subjects of the various policy and procedures include: mission statement, parole board members, professional development, executive sessions, hearing panels, victim notification/hearing, revocation reports, parole eligibility, rescission, appeal to the governor, commutation, revocation hearing, medical parole, parole in absentia, and good time allowance.... Read More	46 p.
1992	Handbook for Evaluating Objective Prison Classification Systems By Alexander, Jack; Austin, James. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). National Council on Crime and Delinquency (San Francisco, CA). Developed to provide correctional professional with a tool for more effectively and efficiently managing their departments, this document presents a critical review of issues relevant to the evaluation of correctional classification systems. Topics covered include: standards for conducting classification evaluations, impact evaluation and validation goals, evaluation questions, designs, and methods; and sampling and data collection techniques.... Read More	98 p.
1992	Jail Classification System Development: A Review of the Literature National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). LIS, Inc. (Boulder, CO). This review of the literature summarizes the history of inmate classification, the specific classification peculiarities characteristic of jail settings, and issues in the implementation of objective jail classification systems. This 1992 edition includes new sections on objective classification system components, the use of criminal history data in making classification decisions, and computer applications in objective classification.... Read More	69 p.
1991	Setting the Jail Research Agenda for the 1990s: Proceedings from a Special Meeting By Mays, G. Larry, ed.. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). The proceedings summarize a meeting in which eleven practitioners and twelve researchers came together to discuss jail research needs and priorities. Presentations address issues such as special populations, drug use in jails, the need for research on jail assaults, jail litigation trends, computer simulation applications, regional jails, and jail crowding.... Read More	88 p.
1991	Preliminary Bibliography on Technology in Corrections National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). National Institute of Corrections Information Center (Boulder, CO); LIS, Inc. (Boulder, CO). A predominantly annotated bibliography on correctional technology provides resource information for the following categories: bar coding, AFIS, ROBOTS, and DNA; innovative computer applications; general technology; optical scanning; training technology; high-tech communication systems; counting; hair analysis; high-tech security; video monitoring in institutions; and general trends.... Read More	12 p.
1991	Results of Needs Assessment Survey: Media Relations Training National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). National Institute of Corrections Information Center (Boulder, CO); LIS, Inc. (Boulder, CO). Designed to determine the need for and interest in media relations training, a national survey queried directors of community corrections agencies, large jails, and state corrections departments concerning media relations staffing issues and the extent of national media attention on the agency. Suggestions for seminar topics include the following categories: general media management/awareness, community relations, media techniques, negative media situations, role of agency administration in good... Read More	6 p.
1991	Health and Safety in the Prison Environment By Norman, Bonnie. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). Oregon Dept. of Corrections. Health Services Division (Salem, OR). The purpose of this four-hour training seminar is to orient all new health care employees to, and refresh existing employees in, health and safety issues that will reduce staff and inmate risk of exposure to environmental hazards, communicable diseases and physical injury. Three components of the training are: 1) safety; 2) communicable diseases; and 3) sanitation. The teaching format is comprised of lecture, discussion, active participation, and testing. The training package consists of a one-v... Read More	67 p.
1991	Medical Record Documentation for Correctional Health Care Professionals By Hayward, Joan. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). Oregon Dept. of Corrections. Health Services Division (Salem, OR). Designed to orient new health care employees and to provide ongoing annual review, this four-hour training curriculum discusses the importance of maintaining complete medical records on patients/inmates. Performance objectives include: discussing purposes and uses of medical records; describing the components of the problem oriented medical record; demonstrating proper charting techniques; and describing methods used in the maintenance of medical records for correctional facilities. The curricu... Read More	96 p.
1991	Guide for Development of Suicide Prevention Plans National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC); National Center on Institutions and Alternatives (Alexandria, VA). Texas Commission on Jail Standards (Austin, TX). Providing a structure on which to base a comprehensive suicide prevention plan, this document prompts the planner through each aspect of suicide response. Main subjects covered include staff training, screening and identification of jail inmates at risk for suicide, communication among staff regarding at-risk inmates, housing, supervision/observation, intervention in a suicide attempt, and reporting and investigation of successful attempts.... Read More	7 p.
1991	Intervening with Substance-Abusing Offenders: A Framework for Action: Executive Summary National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC); U.S. Bureau of Justice Assistance (Washington, DC). National Task Force on Correctional Substance Abuse Strategies (N.P.); National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). A brief discussion is provided of the six major goals suggested by the National Task Force on Correctional Substance Abuse Strategies for substance abuse programming.... Read More	30 p.
1991	Intervening with Substance-Abusing Offenders: A Framework for Action National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC); U.S. Bureau of Justice Assistance (Washington, DC). National Task Force on Correctional Substance Abuse Strategies (N.P.); National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). Effective, documented strategies for controlling contraband in institutions, monitoring substance abuse behavior, and therapeutic or educational intervention do exist. This document discusses six major goals for substance abuse programming. They include: assessment, programming, linkages, human resources, environment, and accountability. Strategy briefs are provided for various programs that have been implemented to deal with substance abuse among criminal offenders. These programs include: Co... Read More	159 p.
1991	Oregon Case Management System for Community Services: Time Study and Auditing System Design/Implementation National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). Oregon Dept. of Corrections. Classification Unit (Salem, OR). Content includes three documents: Oregon Case Management System Manual; Oregon Department of Correction: Analysis of the 1990 Time Study, produced by the National Council on Crime and Delinquency (NCCD); and the Oregon Case Management System Project Summary: Final Report, also by NCCD. These studies will be used by the Oregon Department of Corrections to determine staff time needed to supervise various offenders and to develop procedures for an information system.... Read More	121 p.
1991	Women as Correctional Officers in Men's Maximum Security Facilities: A Survey of the Fifty States National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). LIS, Inc. (Boulder, CO). This report surveys implementation strategies used by state departments of corrections (DOCs) when they first began using women correctional officers in male maximum security prisons and units. Summaries are provided of DOCs' policies on employing women as correctional officers in these positions.... Read More	41 p.
1991	Classification of Women Offenders in State Correctional Facilities: A Handbook for Practitioners By Burke, Peggy; Adams, Linda. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). COSMOS Corp. (Washington, DC). Based upon a survey of forty-eight state correctional agencies and intensive study in four states. Part I presents the results of a review of current classification practices with respect to women, and defines the issues emerging in current practice. Part II provides specific guidance for correctional agencies in assessing their own classification practices as they affect women and in implementing changes to improve them. The appendices present vignettes on the four states that were ... Read More	122 p.
1991	The Planning of the New Palm Beach County Jail: A Case History By Kish, John. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office (West Palm Beach, FL). This case history of the planning of a new facility highlights the importance of a masterplan, and goes on to describe facility planning and design. Prepared under a grant from the NIC Jail Resource Center Project, it includes chapters on the criminal justice process, inmate population projections, capital outlay plan, and transition planning.... Read More	55 p.
1991	Community Corrections in Colorado: Why Do Some Clients Succeed and Others Fail? By English, Kim; Mande, Mary J.. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). Colorado Division of Criminal Justice (Denver, CO). This study provides information about the fifty percent of the clients who enter community corrections in Colorado and are subsequently returned to prison within a few months. Questions such as who fails and why? are examined and the results are supported by tables and charts.... Read More	97 p.
1991	Parole Law: A Practical Guide to Making Parole Decisions and Parole Policy By Palacios, Victoria. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). This monograph provides information about parole law for parole board members and staff, as well as attorneys who are new to parole. It can serve as a reference when general questions arise, but should not be used to answer specific legal questions. This document is NIC's response to the need for information on parole law to be readily available and understandable.... Read More	35 p.
1991	Briefing Paper: Smoke-Free Jails National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). LIS, Inc. (Longmont, CO); National Institute of Corrections Information Center (Longmont, CO). Indications point to a strong movement to the requirement of smoke-free jails. This can be seen in: the increasing number of jails instituting no-smoking policies; formal positions adopted by professional corrections associations; and recent legal decisions. No-smoking jails base their implementation upon the following reasons: health, safety and security, maintenance, insurance rates, and liability. Eight strategies for successful implementation and six advantages in addition to a more healthfu... Read More	5 p.
1990	Colorado Parole Guidelines Handbook By English, Kim. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). Colorado Division of Criminal Justice (Denver, CO). The Colorado Parole Guidelines training program is designed to ensure that the Parole Board receives case information necessary to make guidelines-based decisions. This handbook provides training materials for key staff and administrators in Colorado and provides direction and information for other states considering development of parole guidelines.... Read More	55 p.
1990	Camp Celebration: Incarcerated Mothers and Their Children Camping Together, Dwight Correctional Center, Research Report, 1990 By Stumbo, Norma J.; Little, Sandra L.. U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services (Washington, DC); National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). Illinois Dept. of Corrections (Springfield, IL); Dwight Correctional Center (Dwight, IL). This report reviews a federally grant-funded program to provide a camping program for incarcerated women and their children through the Dwight Correctional Center in Illinois. This review of the program describes the camping and pre-camping activities, the women who participated, and the results of the "Camp Celebration" program. As well, the report describes other parenting programs offered at the correctional center.... Read More	30 p.
1990	Issues in Residential Community Corrections Policy and Practice By Lindsay, Margot C.. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC); National Institute for Sentencing Alternatives (Waltham, MA). Directed at policymakers, the first issue of an NIC series outlines an approach for integrating residential community corrections within the available sanctions of a specific jurisdiction. An initial overview describes changes in sentencing purposes and laws, trends in corrections, and the effects of correctional changes on residential community corrections. A framework is presented for integrating residential community corrections into a comprehensive corrections policy. The author reviews se... Read More	9 p.
1990	Issues in Residential Community Corrections Policy and Practice By Parent, Dale. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC); National Institute for Sentencing Alternatives (Wattham, MA). With an emphasis on the role of local citizens in residential community corrections, this report examines methods for obtaining community input into program development and operations. Efforts to maintain a good working relationship between community corrections and local residents focus on community acceptance of the correctional facility, achieved by establishing partnerships among correctional administrators, local officials, and area citizens. A discussion of the public climate with respect... Read More	10 p.
1990	Policy for Parole Release and Revocation: The National Institute of Corrections 1988-1989 Technical Assistance Project By Burke, Peggy B.; Adams, Linda; Ney, Becki. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). COSMOS Corp. (Washington, DC); Center for Effective Public Policy (Philadelphia, PA). The purpose of this project is to assist paroling authorities with their decisionmaking responsibilities by focusing upon improving policies and practices. Specific progress made by certain state jurisdictions is summarized, and lessons learned are presented.... Read More	54 p.
1990	Worker Safety in Probation and Parole By Parsonage, William H.. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). An overview of worker safety among probation and parole personnel in the 1980's is presented. Examples and trends regarding the victimization of probation and parole workers, along with guidelines for their protection, are discussed.... Read More	74 p.
1990	State Corrections Agencies' Substance Abuse Treatment Programs: Results of an NIC Information Center Survey National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). National Institute of Corrections Information Center (Boulder, CO); LIS, Inc. (Boulder, CO). As a follow-up to a national survey of state correctional agencies' substance abuse treatment programs, this paper summarizes methods for identifying inmates with treatment needs, the proportion of these inmates who are receiving treatment, the use of objective screening instruments by state agencies, and the use of inmate profile data in assigning treatment. A summary of types of substance abuse treatment programs includes those designed as therapeutic communities and programs that target speci... Read More	9 p.
1990	National Institute of Corrections Council on Curriculum Development Proposed 18-Credit Hour CO Certification Curriculum National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). International Association of Correctional Officers (Marquette, MI); National Institute of Corrections. National Council on Curriculum Development (Marquette, MI). Areas to be covered are outlined in detail for the following six courses, proposed for correctional officer certification: Corrections in the Criminal Justice System; Correctional Practices; Basic Communications in Corrections; Offender Behavior and Development; Juvenile Justice and Corrections; and, Ethical and Legal Issues in Corrections.... Read More	20 p.
1990	The Evaluation of the Wisconsin Classification System As It Applies to the Los Angeles Probation Population By Zhang, Xiaodong; De la Paz, Celso. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). Los Angeles County Probation Dept., Program Services Office (Downey, CA). A conclusion of this study, which was primarily based upon the chi-square test, is that the Wisconsin Probation Classification System did a fair job in differentiating high risk probationers from medium or low risk, but the system failed to provide a consistent prediction across different ethnic groups in the Los Angeles County Probation Population. (p.1)... Read More	35 p.
1990	Jail Diversion for the Mentally Ill: Breaking Through the Barriers By Steadman, Henry J.. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). National Coalition for the Mentally Ill in the Criminal Justice System (Seattle, WA). A conference was held on April 2, 1990 that brought together mental health, correctional, and law enforcement professionals to address issues surrounding the mentally ill person who comes in contact with the local jail. Research and program reviews from which the conference deliberations developed are provided. Four categories identified and examined are: screening and evaluation; crisis intervention; treatment; and transfer/discharge planning. ... Read More	133 p.
1990	Jail Inspection Basics: An Introductory Self-Study Course for Jail Inspectors By Rosazza, Thomas A.. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). Nebraska Commission on Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice. Jail Standards Division (Lincoln, NE). Particular skills common to most inspectors are identified in this document that was designed as an entrance level training vehicle for inspectors. Legal issues, standards, the inspection process, facility design and its impact on operations, communications, organizational structures, and resources are topics addressed.... Read More	155 p.
1990	Jail Inspection Basics: An Introductory Self-Study Course for Jail Inspectors, Supervisor's Guide By Rosazza, Thomas A.. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). Nebraska Commission on Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice. Jail Standards Division (Lincoln, NE). The purpose of the Supervisor's Guide is to provide the supervisor a means to facilitate interaction between himself and the new inspector about the topics in the self-study course.... Read More	50 p.
1990	Colorado Judicial Department Probation Officer Workload Study: Final Report By Bemus, Brian. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). Colorado Judicial Dept. (Denver, CO). Title of project is "Probation Workload Analysis: Revised Time Study." Results of a study on Colorado probation officer workload are described, with recommendations provided by the author. The author discusses changes in the Colorado Judicial Department's case management system, including the development of intensive supervision, electronic monitoring, drug screening, and interstate compact programs.... Read More	31 p.
1989	Sifting the Gold from the Pebbles: Using Situational Interviews to Select Correctional Officers for New Generation Jails By Stohr-Gillmore, Mary K.; Stohr-Gillmore, Michael W.; Kistler, Nannette. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). "This paper examines whether a critical incident, behaviorally-based situational interview process, helps New Generation Jail managers identify the requisite talents in prospective officers."--p. 1. This paper was presented at the annual meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences in Washington D.C., April 1989. Includes bibliography.... Read More	32 p.
1989	Task Force on Women, Children, and the Criminal Justice System National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). Connecticut General Assembly. Task Force on Women, Children, and the Criminal Justice System (Hartford, CT); Connecticut. The Permanent Commission on the Status of Women (Hartford, CT). The Task Force was established in 1987 to examine issues surrounding female offenders and their children, and the impact of the justice system from arrest to re-entry into the community. This document includes both an executive summary, and final report and recommendations.... Read More	90 p.
1989	Overview of Substance Abuse Treatment Programs in Correctional Settings National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). National Institute of Corrections Information Center (Boulder, CO); L.I.S., Inc. (Boulder, CO). This report highlights corrections agencies' efforts to address the supervision and treatment of offenders with substance abuse problems. Section 1 summarizes national surveys on the topic; Section 2 describes treatment programs in the range of correctional settings. (p. 1)... Read More	13 p.
1989	Emerging Technologies and Community Corrections National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). American Correctional Association (Laurel, MD); National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). Technologies currently used in community corrections are identified, examined, and described in terms of their applications, focusing, where possible, on cost/benefits, efficacy in controlling offenders, and impact on staff, offenders, and agency operations. Issues surrounding emerging technologies are also discussed along with their implications for community corrections in policy, program development, and management practices. (p.8).... Read More	123 p.
1989	Behavioral Classification for Female Offenders: Research Report By Quay, Herbert C.; Love, Craig T.. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). South Carolina Dept. of Corrections. Division of Classification (Columbia, SC). Five patterns of behavior in institutionalized female offenders that are similar to patterns in male offenders are identified. These behavior patterns are aggressive, manipulative, dependent, inadequate, and depressed/anxious. They can be utilized to classify female offenders into behaviorally homogenous subgroups. (p.iv).... Read More	35 p.
1989	Does Sentencing Felony Probationers to Community Service Affect Recidivism and Economic Sanction Compliance?: A Four-Year Longitudinal Study By Wheeler, Gerald R.; Rudolph, Amy S.. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). Harris County Adult Probation Dept. (Houston, TX). Findings show that a higher percentage of persons sentenced to unpaid community service successfully terminated probation during the study period and paid higher restitution fees. The cost effectiveness of community service sentencing is presented, and guidelines for this form of restitution are discussed. (Abstract). Includes bibliography.... Read More	22 p.
1989	New Strategies to Improve Probationers' Compliance with Economic Sanctions: A Field Study in Performance Feedback By Wheeler, Gerald R.; Rudolph, Amy S.. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). Harris County Adult Probation Dept. (Houston, TX). The effects of computer-generated performance feedback on fee collections are examined, and policy implications are discussed. Includes bibliography.... Read More	27 p.
1989	Economic Sanctions in Perspective: Do Probationers' Characteristics Affect Fee Assessment, Payment, and Outcome? By Wheeler, Gerald R.; Rudolph, Amy S.; Hissong, Rodney V.. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). Harris County Adult Probation Dept. (Houston, TX). "Specific policy recommendations in the areas of financial screening, administrative procedure to improve monitoring and evaluation of fees, and alternatives to economic sanctions for the financially disadvantaged are offered."--Author's abstract modified. Includes bibliography.... Read More	22 p.
1989	Design Considerations in the Building of Women's Prisons By Carp, Scarlett V.; Davis, Joyce A.. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). Seven women's correctional facilities were surveyed to identify design inadequacies and obtain information about the planning process for a women's facility. The first of four sections in this report addresses Research Findings, which include a brief literature review, a review of recent litigation involving women offenders and facility design, and research on the relationship between environment and behavior. Section two, The Planning Process, presents an overview of the steps and issues surrou... Read More	96 p.
1989	Designing an Electronic Monitoring Program: A Guide to Program Design, Implementation, and Management: The Experience of Clackamas County, Oregon By Garcia, Miriam. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). Clackamas County Community Corrections (Oregon City, OR). Designing an electronic monitoring program, gaining support for the program, choosing equipment, selecting offenders, managing offenders, monitoring programs, and controlling costs are topics addressed. The Clackamas County Community Corrections' Electronic Monitoring Program is used as a case study.... Read More	35 p.
1989	Evaluating the Impact of Ohio's Community Corrections Programs on Public Safety and Costs: Final Report By Austin, James; Quigley, Peter; Cuvelier, Steve. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). National Council on Crime and Delinquency (San Francisco, CA). The impact of the state of Ohio subsidized, county-operated Community Corrections Act programs (CCA), Intensive Diversion Units (IDU), and the Community Based Correctional Facilities (CBCF) are reviewed. The study concludes that these programs do serve to divert offenders from state prisons.... Read More	72 p.
1989	Feasibility Study for Implementation of Probation Supervisory Fees By Green, Richard; Happmann, Gerald; Franken, John. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). Wyoming Dept. of Probation and Parole (Cheyenne, Wy). The study focuses on six areas: (1) Judicial support; (2) Agent support; (3) Flexibility in assessment and collection of fees; (4) Disbursement of revenues; (5) Potential revenue sources; and (6) Cost to collect.... Read More	20 p.
1989	Program Outline and Seminar Materials for: A Tough Approach to Working with Angry and Resistant Offenders National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). National Institute for Sentencing Alternatives (Waltham, MA). This program is designed to train residential community corrections staff to provide the angry offender with a new set of concepts to correct life-long patterns of criminal thought and behavior. Participants in the seminar learn to identify offender characteristics and apply intervention strategies when angry behavior is manifested. Lecture notes, visual aids, and handouts on anger management are included.... Read More	33 p.
1988	Managing the Development of Community Corrections By Larivee, John J.; O'Leary, William D.. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). Focusing on what occurs prior to program operation, this monograph discusses concept formation, planning and program development for community corrections programs. A case study is presented on the Springfield Day Reporting Center.... Read More	39 p.
1988	Interpersonal Violence Treatment Program National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). Vermont Dept. of Corrections (Waterbury, VT). The purpose of the Criminal Violence Program is to significantly reduce the violent behavior of program inmates during and after incarceration. Also included in this packet of material is a lesson plan outline (1989) on treating the criminal personality and a description of VOP (Violent Offender Program) treatment activities.... Read More	32 p.
1988	Jail Overcrowding Management Handbook National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). California Board of Corrections (Sacramento, CA); Evaluation, Management, and Training (EMT) Associates (Sacramento, CA). Providing practical assistance to jail administrators, this handbook addresses the legal problems, inmate management problems, and systemwide problems that contribute to jail overcrowding. Problems and issues are discussed. Specific action strategies are suggested.... Read More	61 p.
1988	Handbook For Inmate Worker Training By Merren, John. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). Arizona Dept. of Corrections (Phoenix, AZ); Arizona Dept. of Corrections, Offender Services Educational Programs (Phoenix, AZ). Title of project: Pre-Employment Training for ARCOR: Arizona Department of Corrections. The Arizona DOC developed a program model to train inmates for employment in prison industries emphasizing job skills training and interpersonal skills development.... Read More
1988	Staffing Analysis Workbook for Jails By Miller, Rod; Liebert, Dennis. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). The process of staffing analysis consists of seven steps: 1- "Profiling" the jail setting; 2- Examining intermittent activities; 3- Determining coverage and assignment; 4- Scheduling; 5- Evaluating and improving initial plans; 6- Preparing the staffing analysis report; and 7- Implementing and monitoring. ... Read More
1988	Computer Aided Drafting and Automated Office systems Program, Purdy Corrections Center for Women: Final Report National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). Tacoma Community College (Tacoma, WA); Washington State Dept. of Corrections, Office of Program Development (Olympia, WA). The goal [of this program] was to assess, develop, revise and implement curriculum, provide training, and maintain systems necessary to upgrade female inmates' knowledge and skills in computer aided drafting and automated office skills to meet current employment standards of employability in industry. (p. 2) The title of the project is "Joint Vocational Training in Computer-Aided Drafting and Design and Automated Office Skills for Female Inmates."... Read More	82 p.
1988	Computer Aided Instruction By Mueller, Fred. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). Garrett Heyns Education Center (Shelton, WA); Washington State Dept. of Corrections (Olympia, WA). Title of project: Computer Assisted Instruction. This grant allowed for the expansion of CAI in the basic skills area by adding new software and equipment to the existing vocational program.... Read More
1988	What if Something Happens? A Guide to Risk Management and Insurance Options for Community Service Programs By Van Keulen, Crestienne. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). National Community Service Sentencing Association (San Rafael, CA); National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). Specific examples of risk management techniques used in administering community service programs are provided in this report.... Read More
1988	Marketing Community Corrections By Haller, Sherry; Mullaney, F.G.. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). Issues discussed in this document include defining products and services, customers and markets, and marketing techniques.... Read More	19 p.
1988	Economic Sanctions in Community Corrections By Mullaney, Fahy G.. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). Development of policy and practice to guide the use of economic sanctions is the main focus of this paper. Economic sanctions will have a dramatic financial impact on offenders, so the establishment of a fair policy to control the use of fees is important.... Read More	30 p.
1988	RISC Management (Apprehension and Defensive Tactics): A Training Guide for Probation and Parole Agents By Colby, Marc H.; Krahn, Adelaide B.. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). Wisconsin Division of Corrections (Madison, WI). Objectives of this training guide include explaining the RISC Management confrontational continuum, explaining how to implement RISC Management, demonstrating pat down and search techniques, and defining deadly force. Designed for probation and parole agents, this basic course requires 16 hours of instruction. The guide is available in a loose-leaf format.... Read More	57 p.
1988	Current Issues in Parole Decision-making: Understanding the Past; Shaping the Future By Burke, Peggy B.. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). COSMOS Corp. (Washington, DC); National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). The move to abolish parole has subsided because of rising prison populations, which have put more pressure on paroling authorities to take a lead in managing the overcrowding problem. This is the paroling authorities' opportunity to show the opposition that they can manage their responsibilities effectively, and that they have a role in the future of criminal justice. Includes bibliographies.... Read More	59 p.
1988	Making It Work: Addressing Victim Concerns Through Community Corrections Programs By Shapiro, Carol; Alexander, Diane; Schuman, Alan M.. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). Rutgers University. School of Criminal Justice. Program Resources Center (Newark, NJ). ... Read More	52 p.
1988	Performance Appraisal in New Generation Jails: Model Performance Appraisal Processes and Forms and Training Materials for New Generation Jail Facilities By Manning, Don; Menke, Ben A.; Zupan, Linda L.. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). Spokane County Sheriff's Office. Jail Division (Spokane, WA). The purpose of this grant was to develop an employee appraisal instrument and employee feedback process for direct supervision facilities. Includes bibliographies.... Read More	117 p.
1988	Initial Security Classification Guideline for Adult Females By Alexander, Jack; Humphrey, Elaine. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). New York State Dept. of Correctional Services (Albany, NY). The title of the grant project is "Development of Objective Classification Guidelines for New York State Female Offenders." Contents include the Guideline, Guideline Manual, and the third of three papers documenting the research on which the Guideline is based.... Read More	65 p.
1988	Civil Liabilities of Parole Personnel for Release, Non-Release, Supervision, and Revocation By del Carmen, Rolando V.; Louis, Paul T.. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). Sam Houston State University, Criminal Justice Center (Huntsville, TX); National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). This document provides a practitioner-oriented discussion of legal liability issues surrounding parole decisionmaking.... Read More	49 p.
1988	COSTS OF INCARCERATION POLICIES: LITERATURE REVIEW By CLEAR, TODD R.. NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CORRECTIONS (WASHINGTON, DC). ... Read More
1987	Contracting for Community Corrections Services By Jensen, Cristy; Lieber, Harley; Scherman, Richard; Thiel, Karen Smith. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). Topics discussed include: needs assessment, make or buy decision process, request for proposals, contract development, and contract management and evaluation.... Read More	47 p.
1987	Building on Experience: A Case Study of Advanced Construction and Financing Methods for Corrections By Dewitt, Charles B.. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC); National Institute of Justice (Washington, DC). National Institute of Justice (Washington, DC); National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC ). ... Read More	70 p.
1987	Direct Supervision Jails: Interviews with Administrators By Krauth, Barbara, ed.; Clem, Constance, ed.. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). Library Information Specialists, Inc. (Boulder, CO); National Institute of Corrections Information Center (Boulder, CO). Details of the experiences of eleven jurisdictions in developing and operating direct supervision jails are presented in this report.... Read More	117 p.
1987	Structuring Parole Decision-making: Lessons from Technical Assistance in Nine States By Burke, Peggy B.; Adams, Linda M.; Kaufman, Gerald; Ney, Rebecca Jo. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). Cosmos Corp. (Washington, DC); Center for Effective Public Policy (Philadelphia, PA). ... Read More	50 p.
1987	Correctional Contracting: A Guide to Successful Experiences By Camp, Camille Graham; Camp, George M.; Osmond, Gordon. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). Criminal Justice Institute (South Salem, NY). ... Read More	138 p.
1987	Comprehensive Integrated Crisis Defusion Instructor Training Program By Schwartz, Jeffrey A.; Schwartz, Cynthia B.. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). Hawaii Dept. of Corrections (Honolulu, HI). The purpose of this project is to develop a curriculum that will be used to instruct correctional staff in a variety of non-violent alternatives for dealing with potentially violent inmate situations.... Read More	110 p.
1987	Proceedings of the Second Annual Symposium on New Generation Jails By Wener, Richard; Farbstein, Jay. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). National Institute of Corrections Jail Center (Boulder, CO); Symposium on New Generation Jails : 2nd : 1987 (Clearwater, FL). Alternate title: NIC 2nd annual symposium on new generation jails. A major theme occurring in several of the papers is the role of management in direct supervision.... Read More
1987	Larimer County Detention Center: A Study of Podular Direct Supervision By Sigurdson, Herbert R.. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). Training Associates, Inc. (La Mesa, CA); National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC); Larimer County Sheriff's Dept. (Ft. Collins, CO). ... Read More
1987	Success and Failure on Parole in California: A Preliminary Evaluation By Austin, James. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). California Board of Prison Terms (Sacramento, CA); National Council on Crime and Delinquency (San Francisco, CA). The high level of parole revocations is contributing to the prison overcrowding crisis in California. This project, entitled California Parole Revocation Evaluation, attempts to analyze a number of factors that are having an impact on parole revocation.... Read More
1986	Licensing Jail Employees in Minnesota National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). Minnesota Jail Resource Center (St. Paul, MN); Minnesota State Sheriff's Association. Jail Employee Task Force (St. Paul, MN). Title of project: Development of Minnesota Resources to Assist Jails. Included with the report is a video cassette entitled "Civil Liabilities" by Lynn Lund (VHS format, six hours running time).... Read More
1986	Victims and Probation: Building a Collaborative Relationship, an Analysis of Legislation By Omole, Omolola E.. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). Rutgers University. School of Criminal Justice. Program Resources Center (Newark, NJ); National Assocation of Probation Executives (Austin, TX). Title of project: The role of victims and probation: building a collaborative relationship. Paper presented at the session titled "Victims and Victimization," American Society of Criminology 38th Annual Meeting, October 29-November 1, 1986, Atlanta, Georgia.... Read More
1986	Model Personnel Selection Process for Podular, Direct-Supervision New Generation Jails By Menke, Ben A.; Zupan, Linda L.; Lovrich, Nicholas P.; Manning, Don. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). Washington State University (Pullman, WA); National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). ... Read More
1986	Potential Liabilities of Probation and Parole Officers By del Carmen, Rolando V.; Axilbund, Melvin T.. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). Sam Houston State University, Criminal Justice Center (Huntsville, TX); National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC); South Carolina Dept. of Parole and Community Corrections, Staff Development and Training (Columbia, SC). Contents: (Pt. 1) Main text -- (Pt. 2) Study guide. Six months are given to complete the course from the date of receipt. Audience includes all probation and parole agents and administrators. Training package consists of two manuals.... Read More	2 v. (v.1 - 202 p.)
1986	Fees for Probation Services By Baird, S. Christopher; Holien, Douglas A.; Bakke, Audrey J.. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). National Council on Crime and Delinquency (Madison, WI); National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). This document discusses issues such as revenue potential, positive and negative impacts of fees, and policy options for fee operations.... Read More	37 p.
1986	Small Jail Special Issues By Kimme, Dennis A.. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). Kimme Planning and Architecture (Champaign, IL); National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). Issues discussed include: what you should know before you design a jail, lawsuits and liability, modes of supervision in small jails, transition planning for the small jail, and using an architect.... Read More	54 p.
1986	Liability Issues in Community Service Sanctions By del Carmen, Rolando V.; Trook-White, Eve. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). National Institute of Corrections, Community Corrections Division (Washington, DC). ... Read More
1986	Goals of Community Sanctions By Harris, M. Kay. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). Temple University, Dept. of Criminal Justice (Philadelphia, PA). This monograph discussed two major issues: 1) the four traditional philosophies of sanctioning, and 2) how goals can influence program designs and operations.... Read More
1986	Policy Recommendations on Families of Adult Offenders: Proceedings of the First National Leadership Conference on Families of Adult Offenders, Waynesboro, Virginia, May 13-15, 1986 National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC); Virginia Dept. of Corrections. Academy for Staff Development (Waynesboro, VA). Family and Corrections Network (Waynesboro, VA); National Leadership Conference on Families of Adult Offenders : 1st : 1986 (Waynesboro, VA). Strengthening the family ties of adult offenders by positive family programs is the intent of these policy recommendations.... Read More
1986	Proceedings of the First Annual Symposium on New Generation Jails By Farbstein, Jay; Werner, Richard. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). National Institute of Corrections Jail Center (Boulder, CO); Symposium on New Generation Jails : 1st : 1986 (Seattle, WA). Topics discussed at the symposium include the design of new generation jails, the transition to new generation operation, the costs and benefits of direct supervision, and the operation of direct new generation jails.... Read More
1986	Projecting Probation Fee Revenues: a Revenue Projection Model for Agencies based on Local Policies and Demographic Data (Draft) By Baird, S. Christopher; Holien, Douglas A.; Bakke, Audrey J.. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). National Council on Crime and Delinquency (Madison, WI). ... Read More
1986	Study of Prison Industry: History, Components, and Goals National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). American Correctional Association (College Park, MD); National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). ... Read More
1986	Management Strategies for Probation in an Era of Limits By Harlow, Nora; Nelson, E. Kim. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). University of Southern California. School of Public Administration (Los Angeles, CA); National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). Reflecting change in resources, mission, problems, and strategies since the original monograph was written in 1982, this edition addresses: the importance of context; managing the transition to fiscal limits; upgrading information and involving staff; allocating scarce resources; expanding resources; building constituencies and networks; knowledge transfer; and action research.... Read More	156 p.
1985	Using Policy Simulation Analysis to Guide Correctional Reform: The Utah Experience By Austin, James; Joe, Karen; Litsky, Paul. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC); Edna McConnell Clark Foundation (New York, NY). National Council on Crime and Delinquency (San Francisco, CA). By analyzing current sentencing practices and dispositional guidelines for probation, prison, and parole caseloads and comparing these current practices with other well established correctional screening tools through statistical simulation analysis, this study intends to provide legislators with estimates of the impact of proposed policy modifications on sentencing, classification, and correctional population size.... Read More	54 p.
1985	Victim Offender Mediation: Conflict Resolution and Restitution By Umbreit, Mark S.. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). Pact Institute of Justice, National VORP Resource Center (Valparaiso, IN); National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). ... Read More
1985	Nature of New Small Jails: Report and Analysis By Kimme, Dennis A.. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). Kimme Planning and Architecture (Champaign, IL); National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). In 1985, a survey was conducted on 255 small jails (50 beds or less) that had been opened since 1974 throughout the United States, the purpose of the survey was to discover how well the jails were working in relationship to their design and construction.... Read More
1985	Correctional Officer's Guide: Patuxent Institution, Jessup, Maryland By Cheatwood, Derral. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). Patuxent Institution (Jessup, MD). ... Read More
1985	Connecticut's Support Services for Released Inmates: A Needs Assessment By Fisher, Andrew S.. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). Criminal Justice Education Center, Inc. (Hartford, CT). ... Read More
1985	Administrative Sources of Occupational Stress in a Correctional Setting: Administrative Manual By Ratner, Alan M.. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC); California Dept. of Corrections (Sacramento, CA). Aide Behavioral Services (Sacramento, CA). ... Read More	50 p.
1985	Managing Long-Term Inmates: A Guide for the Correctional Administrator By Unger, Cindie A.; Buchanan, Robert A.. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC); Correctional Services Group (Kansas City, MO). ... Read More	149 p.
1985	Marketing Study for Maryland State Use Industries By Grieser, Robert C.; Crawford, Thomas M.. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). Institute for Economic and Policy Studies (Alexandria, VA); Maryland State Use Industries (Baltimore, MD). This study was performed at the request of Maryland State Use Industries (SUI) to assist in expanding its industries program. Methodology included a marketing survey of SUI customers to determine potential product interests, and a peer survey of other states' industry programs to gather production and cost information. Topics discussed include: shop operations; marketing and sales issues; new products for existing shops; new industries; and recommended locations for and job training potential o... Read More	69 p.
1984	Offender Needs Assessment: Models and Approaches By Clements, Carl B.; McKee, John M.; Jones, Susan E.. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). Rehabilitation Research Foundation (University, AL); National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). ... Read More
1984	Correctional Master Planning National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). Library Information Specialists, Inc. (Boulder, CO); National Institute of Corrections Information Center (Boulder, CO). ... Read More	21 p.
1984	Developing and Managing Part-time Trainers, Pts. 1 and 2 By Katsampes, Paul. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). National Institute of Corrections National Academy of Corrections (Boulder, CO); National Institute of Corrections National Academy of Corrections Outreach Program (Boulder, CO). Contents: Part 1: The Manager's Role--Part 2: The Trainer's Role.... Read More
1984	STRESS: MAKING THE MOST OF IT-A PERSONALIZED GUIDE FOR CORRECTIONAL STAFF DESCRIBING HOW STRESS CAN BE MANAGED EFFECTIVELY (DRAFT) By LINNANE, PATRICK D.. NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CORRECTIONS (WASHINGTON, DC). EVALUATION/POLICY RESEARCH ASSOCIATES, LTD. (N.P.). COMPANION PIECE TO A REPORT ENTITLED STRESS: MAKING THE MOST OF IT-A SUPERVISOR'S GUIDE (DRAFT)... Read More
1984	Stress: Making The Most of It - A Supervisor's Guide By Bushnell, Jon L.. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). Evaluation/Policy Research Associates, Ltd. (N.P.). This is a companion piece to a report entitled, "Stress: Making the Most of It - A Personalized Guide For Correctional Staff Describing How Stress Can Be Managed Effectively".... Read More	86 p.
1984	Converting Other Facilities into Prisons By Krauth, Barbara; Dickerson, Clyde W.. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). Library Information Specialists, Inc. (Boulder, CO); National Institute of Corrections Information Center (Boulder, CO). ... Read More	9 p.
1984	Behavioral Classification System for Adult Offenders at Central Correctional Institution: Executive Summary and Summary Evaluation By Shutt, Renee. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). South Carolina Dept of Corrections. Division of Classification (Columbia, SC). ... Read More
1984	Parole Selection and Abolishment and Determinate Sentencing Creation: Role and Influence in the Change Process By Palmer, Joseph R.. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). This paper is the report of a research project, entitled "Parole in the U.S.: Public Perception and Political Vulnerability."... Read More
1983	Success on Parole: The Influence of Self-Reported Attitudes, Experiences and Background Characteristics on the Parole Behaviors of Youthful Offenders, Final Report By Wiederanders, Mark R.. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). California Dept. of the Youth Authority (Sacramento, CA). ... Read More	89 p.
1983	Unit Management National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). Library Information Specialists, Inc. (Boulder, CO); National Institute of Corrections Information Center (Boulder, CO). ... Read More	65 p.
1983	Prison Hostage Situations National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). Library Information Specialists, Inc. (Boulder, CO); National Institute of Corrections Information Center (Boulder, CO). ... Read More	50 p.
1983	Workload Measures for Probation and Parole By Bemus, Brian; Arling, Gary; Quigley, Peter. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). Isthmus Associates (Madison, WI); National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). ... Read More
1982	Client Management Classification: An Interviewing and Case Planning System for Adult Corrections Clients - Training Manual National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). Pennyslvania Board of Probation and Parole (Harrisburg, PA). ... Read More
1981	ABC's of the CABs: A How-To Manual on Creating Citizen Advisory Boards By Hutto, Clay; Judge, Tricia. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). Missouri Board of Probation and Parole (Jefferson City, MO). ... Read More	31 p.
1981	Planning and Evaluating Prison and Jail Staffing By Benton, F. Warren. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). Volume one identifies six methods for determining proper staff levels in an institution: task analysis, motion and time study, productivity auditing, outcome analysis, process analysis, and comparative analysis. Then different methods of organizing staff are described, both in terms of hierarchical structure (traditional, project, matrix, and unit management) and in terms of shift patterns. Functional staffing needs are reviewed, and forms and instructions given for using the Multiple Methods A... Read More	2 v. (v.1 - 94 p., v.2 - 127 p.)
1981	Functional Unit Management: A Training Response Model for Managing Prison Violence By Maghan, Jesse L.. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). Title of project: Development of Training Programs and Materials in Response to Prison Violence.... Read More
1980	Policy and Procedure Development: A Worksheet Approach (4-72 Hour Jails) By Barbee, Jim T.. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). Ohio Dept. of Rehabilitation and Correction (Columbus, OH); Ohio Bureau of Adult Detention Facilities and Services (Columbus, OH). ... Read More
1980	Policy and Procedure Development: A Worksheet Approach (0-4 Hour Jails) By Barbee, Jim T.. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). Ohio Dept. of Rehabilitation and Correction (Columbus, OH); Ohio Bureau of Adult Detention Facilities and Services (Columbus, OH). Includes a supplement to worksheets: Case Law Compendium.... Read More
1980	Seven Steps To Plan a Better Jail By Taylor, James. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC); Center For Justice Planning (Champaign, IL). ... Read More	14 p.

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