Evidence-based practices: NIC/CJI Initiative

Implementing Effective Correctional Management of Offenders in the Community: An Integrated Model

A Project of the National Institute of Corrections (NIC) in partnership with the Crime and Justice Institute (CJI)

The Vision: To build learning organizations that reduce recidivism through systemic integration of evidence-based principles in collaboration with community and justice partners. Through this cooperative agreement established in the fall of 2002, NIC joined with CJI to assist two pilot states (Illinois and Maine) in applying an integrated approach to the implementation of evidence-based principles in community corrections. The project model maintains an equal and integrated focus on three domains: the implementation of evidence-based principles, organizational development, and collaboration. The technical assistance period in the original pilot site ended in September 2007. After an open application period, two sites were chosen for the next round of technical assistance, implementing a more-intense, shorter version of the Integrated Model -- the immersion model. The two immersion model sites are the Maricopa County (AZ) Adult Probation Department and the Orange County Probation Department. Work began in the sites in the Winter/Spring of 2007/08. The project’s Integrated Model is based on the premise that successful implementation of evidence-based principles in community corrections can only be achieved when integrated with corresponding organizational development and collaboration. The project is designed to provide a series of needs assessment-based interventions focused on these three components; implementation of these components using an integrated model will assist jurisdictions to better reduce recidivism and increase public safety.

The Integrated Model
  • Integrated Model Overview (pdf)
  • Evidence-based Practices (pdf)
  • Organizational Development (pdf)
  • Collaboration (pdf)
Tools
  • Intermediate Measures Data Handbook and Instruction Manual (pdf)
  • Evidence-based Principles for Effective Interventions: Intermediate Measures for Monitoring Progress (pdf)
  • DRAFT Implementation Framework (pdf)
  • Quality Assurance Manual (pdf)
  • Likert Overview (pdf)
  • Implementation Checklist (pdf)
  • Effective Interventions - Measurement Matrix (pdf)
Stakeholder Boxed-Set Papers
  • Defense: Evidence-Based Practices and Criminal Defense: Opportunities, Challenges, and Practical Considerations, August 2008 (pdf)
  • Jails: Our System of Corrections: Do Jails Play a Role in Improving Offender Outcomes? January 2008 (pdf)
  • Judiciary: Evidence-Based Practice to Reduce Recidivism: Implications for State Judiciaries, August 2007 (pdf)
  • Pretrial:Legal and Evidence-Based Practices: Applications of Legal Principles, Laws, and Research to the Field of Pretrial Services, April 2007 (pdf)
  • Prisons: Evidence-Based Practice: Principles for Enhancing Correctional Results in Prisons, December 2005 (pdf)
  • Prosecution: Using Research to Promote Public Safety: A Prosecutor's Primer on Evidence-Based Practice, August 2008 (pdf)
  • Treatment: Effective Clinical Practices in Treating Clients in the Criminal Justice System, June 2008 (pdf)
Presentations
  • APPA Winter Institute, Phoenix - February 10-13,2008
    • A Tale of Two States: An EBP Report Card (ppt)
    • Beyond Employee Satisfaction: Addressing the Workforce During System Reform (pdf)
    • Workforce Document Sample A (pdf)
    • Workforce Document Sample B (pdf)
    • Workforce Document Sample C (pdf)
    • Workforce Document Sample D (pdf)
  • APPA Winter Institute, Atlanta - February 11-12, 2007 (PowerPoint)
  • APPA Winter Institute, Anaheim - February 13-16, 2005
  • APPA Winter Institute, Austin - January 8-11, 2006
  • APPA Summer Institute, Chicago - July 23-26, 2006
  • ACA 136th Congress of Correction, Charlotte – August 15, 2006
Project Team National Institute of Corrections
  • Dot Faust, Correctional Program Specialist
Crime and Justice Institute
  • Elyse Clawson, Project Director
  • Meghan Howe, Project Manager
  • Mike Kane, Assistant Project Manager
  • Jennifer Cobia, Assistant Project Manager
Expert Consultants
  • Christopher Lowenkamp, Lead Research Consultant
  • Judy Sachwald
  • Nancy Campbell, Consultant
  • Mark Carey, Consultant
  • William Woodward, Consultant
Publications
  • Using An Integrated Model to Implement Evidence-based Practices in Corrections, published in What Works and Why: Effective Approaches to Reentry (2005), by American Correctional Association (ACA) and International Community Corrections Association (ICCA). (pdf)
  • Implementing Evidence-based Practices in Corrections, published in American Studies Journal (2004). (pdf)