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- • Implementing Effective Correctional Management of Offenders in the Community
- With funding from the National Institute of Corrections (NIC), CJI is working with a team of national experts to develop and implement an integrated model for enhanced community-based offender supervision. This model is based on the premise that successful system enhancement requires equal emphasis on implementation of evidence-based practices, organizational development, and collaboration. CJI and the project team have completed a three-year pilot initiative in two states, focusing on system assessment, strategic planning, and implementation support. Replication work will begin in a new site in the Fall of 2007.
For more information on the NIC/CJI Initiative, click here
- • Strategic Planning Coordinator, Kansas Evidence Based Practices Implementation Effort
- The Crime and Justice Institute was recently awarded a cooperative agreement by the National Institute of Corrections (NIC) to assist the Kansas Department of Corrections to develop and implement a statewide strategic plan for the implementation of evidence based practices.
CJI will be supporting the state oversight agency as it leads local community corrections agencies through an organizational change process. CJI will also develop the capacity of the Kansas Department of Corrections staff to serve as evidence based practice content experts and change agents with the goal of supporting sustainable system change, at both the state and local levels. Initially, CJI will gather information in the areas of Administration and Planning; Human Resources and Training; Information Systems, Measurement and Evaluation; and Assessment, Case Planning, Interventions, and Supervision with a focus on alignment with evidence-based practices. Following the assessment phase, CJI will facilitate a series of strategic planning meetings with Kansas DOC staff to support the development and implementation of a strategic plan aligned with EBP. The CJI team will then provide technical assistance and training, coaching and support to Kansas DOC staff as they roll-out the strategic plan with selected pilot jurisdictions across the state.
- • Evidence-Based Boxed Set for Justice Systems
- CJI is working with the National Institute of Corrections to develop a series of white papers designed to share information with criminal justice system stakeholders about how the implementation of evidence-based practices and a focus on recidivism reduction affects their area of expertise as well as that of community corrections. In addition to existing white papers on evidence-based practices (EBP) in community corrections, the complete set will include papers on pre-trial services, judiciary, prosecution, defense, jail, prison, and treatment.
• A Multi-Jurisdictional Study of Reduced Caseload and Related Supervision Strategies in Managing Offenders on Probation
- CJI is partnering with Abt Associates and Justice Systems Assessment and Training for a three-year study to measure the impact of caseload size and the implementation of evidence-based probation interventions on offender recidivism. CJI is responsible for:
• Assessing and recruiting sites, including determining their data collection and management capacity;
• Overseeing the sites throughout the study, including training staff on data collection and troubleshooting data collection and reporting; and
• Disseminating the results of the study, including producing reports and presentations in formats appropriate to various stakeholder groups.
- • Juvenile Justice Workforce Project
- CJI is collaborating with Cornerstones for Kids and CPS Human Resource Services to conduct a national assessment of the condition of the juvenile justice workforce, to explore the impact of juvenile justice reform on the workforce, and to produce a report on aligning workforce efforts with reform goals. CJI and its partners are now in the process of developing and testing a technical assistance package to support sites in engaging in comprehensive workforce planning as part of overall system reform. The technical assistance is being piloted in the Massachusetts Department of Youth Services as part of their implementation of the Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative.
- • Risk/Need Assessments for Specialized Corrections Populations
- CJI in cooperation with the Bureau of Justice Assistance, is working on a research project that involves three inter-related stages: 1) A survey of existing post-adjudication general recidivism assessment tools to determine availability, strengths and weaknesses, and level of fit when administered to American Indian and Hispanic/Latino offender populations within targeted state and tribal agencies; 2) The identification of key cultural components for both the American Indian and Hispanic/Latino populations in order to ascertain if these cultural aspects are present in the existing assessment tools identified in Step 1; and 3) The testing of questions, methods, or procedures which may increase the effectiveness and/or accuracy of assessment tools for American Indian and Hispanic/Latino offender populations.
- • Multnomah County, Oregon Public Safety Plan
- The goal of this project is to provide Multnomah County, Oregon, its cities, and stakeholders with a public safety plan designed to assist decision makers in building and maintaining the most balanced, effective, and cohesive public safety system possible within available resources. The plan components include:
• Description of the current system, identifying gaps and strengths
• Development of a comprehensive public safety system impact model including available effectiveness and cost/benefit information
• Identification and recommendations for enhancements to existing performance measures
• Informing budget decisions/resource allocation
• Informing plans for a Public Safety Levy proposal in 2008
• Development of recommendations for increased effectiveness and integration of public safety service continuum
- • Other National Work
- CJI has conducted organizational assessments of the Iowa Department of Community Corrections and the Minnesota Department of Corrections related to their implementation of evidence-based practices in community corrections. CJI conducts interviews, focus groups, and surveys among staff, board members, and members of the executive team and prepares reports with recommendations based on our analyses.
CJI informs state and national policy development through studies and policy briefs. CJI publications related to reentry include: Returning Inmates: Closing the Public Safety Gap, The Role of Parole, and No Place Like Home: Housing and the Ex-Prisoner.
To view any of CJI’s policy briefs, please click here
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