Collaboration

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Kristy Pierce-Danford & Meghan Guevara
April 2010

CJI was contracted by the Commonwealth of Virginia’s Department of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS), in conjunction with the Virginia Community Criminal Justice Association (VCCJA), to construct this Roadmap for the implementation of evidence-based practices in local probation and pretrial agencies across the state.

September 2009

Lighting the way: Improving Corrections Policies and Practices
CRJ’s Crime and Justice Institute (CJI) releases a briefing booklet entitled “Lighting the way: Improving Corrections Policies and Practices” which outlines their Integrated Model of Corrections Founded on Evidence-Based Practices.

Download and view a bibliography of CJI's works produced and forthcoming (pdf)

Various Authors
March 2009

The Crime and Justice Institute and the National Institute of Corrections are proud to present a series of eight whitepapers on the implementation of evidence-based practices (EBP) known as the Box Set. The papers are designed to share information with criminal justice system stakeholders about how the implementation of evidence-based practices and a focus on recidivism reduction affect their areas of expertise in community corrections, defense, jail, judiciary, pretrial services, prison, prosecution, and treatment.

Author: Leonard Engel
2008

This report is a ‘call to action’ for Massachusetts state leaders to implement a systemic approach to offender reentry, one that involves traditional as well as non-traditional agencies and collaborates with community leaders and service providers. A collaborative approach is necessary to overcome the inherent limitations of changing criminal justice policy.