Evidence-Based Practices (EBP)

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The number of people on community supervision is rising, yet budgets of agencies monitoring these individuals are not necessarily increasing at the same rate (DeMichele & Payne, 2007; DeMichele, Payne, & Matz, 2011; Durlauf & Nagin, 2011). Community corrections agencies, as well as other justice system entities, are continually asked to do more with less and demonstrate that they are implementing practices that have been shown to reduce recidivism (Burrell & Rhine, 2013).

Fortunately, a growing body of literature exists on cost-efficient practices that are proven to reduce offender risk (National Institute of Corrections, 2013). Yet, despite the resounding discussion of evidence-based practices (EBP) on the national level, knowledge about and understanding of EBP by those who are doing the work at the local level is still not sufficient to implement and sustain this new way of doing business.

The Eight Prinicples for Risk/ Recidivism Reduction are one of three domains in the Integrated Model (displayed at the bottom of this page) that help community supervision agencies build learning organizations that reduce recidivism through systemic integration of evidence-based principles in collaboration with community and justice partners.

Eight Guiding Principles For Risk/Recidivism Reduction

The Integrated Model incorporates eight evidence-based principles that, when implemented with fidelity, have been shown to reduce offender recidivism. While the goal of reduced recidivism is the ultimate outcome measure of offender supervision, there are intermediate outcome and process measures that can help organizations monitor their progress towards achieving that ultimate goal. The National Project Team developed this tool as a means of describing those measures and differentiating between those which are required versus recommended. For each measure, the tool identifies measure components, defines those components, identifies potential data sources, describes the data in detail, identifies collection frequency and identifies potential data collection agencies. The Integrated Model and its image were developed with funds provided by the National Institute of Corrections. It can be found in Implementing Effective Correctional Management of Offenders in the Community: Outcome and Process Measures (021041).

To grow and thrive, if not survive, going forward, community corrections agencies and justice systems must have the capacity to undergo a significant shift in their business practices and organizational culture—built on a framework of implementing EBP (Crime and Justice Institute at Community Resources for Justice, 2009; Dowden & Andrews, 2004; Latessa, Listwan, & Koetzle, 2013).

Denise Symdon, Wisconsin Department of Corrections, Division of Community Corrections Administrator
Denise will share her thoughts on preparing the organization (WI DOC) to adopting evidence- based practices.

Colleges and universities can play a crucial role in helping community corrections agencies move forward with EBP by introducing students to this body of research (Soydan, 2007). However, we know that new research emerges over time, and new evidence is revealed that can support or challenge previous findings (McNeill, Farrall, Lightowler, & Maruna, 2012). Therefore, it is also important to teach students how to read and examine research in criminal justice studies and distinguish between findings that are evidence-based, promising, etc. Having a familiarity with the concepts of current EBP at the time of graduation and entry into the workplace would provide them a definite advantage during the interview and hiring process, particularly as more agencies prioritize and select candidates for hire by assessing jobseekers’ general knowledge and understanding of these principles for reducing recidivism.

integrated model for the implementation of evidence-based policy and practice
The Integrated Model recognizes that simply expounding on scientific principles is not sufficient to guide the ongoing political and organizational change neccessary to support implementation of evidence-based principles in a complex system. Implementing Evidence-Based Policy and Practice in Community Corrections, 2nd edition, 2009, 024107.

Criminal justice degree programs should introduce students to literature focused on evidence-based practice for reducing recidivism, as well as include opportunities for students to review, analyze, and critique research literature. Overall, community corrections leaders want entry level workers to have been exposed to the history of criminal justice research outcomes, yet also be well informed of current research about what works and doesn’t. They also want students to have a general appreciation of how research evolves, know where to quickly find applicable research literature and links, and have the capacity to distinguish between research informed practices, practice based on evidence based research, or promising practice, etc.

William Cash, EBP Implementation Specialist, Colorado Department of Public Safety, Division of Criminal Justice

William identifies some of the primary skills and practices needed to successfully implement EBP.

EBP Learning Objectives and Resources

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Goals

  • Students should be introduced to evidence-based practices (EBP) for reducing recidivism literature.
  • Students should be shown how to differentiate evidence-based practices/programs from promising practices/programs.

Sample Learning Objectives

  1. Identify resources that summarize research-informed practices and programs.
  2. Describe the historical trend in research outcomes in community corrections.
  3. Explain the current literature on what works versus what doesn’t work in community corrections interventions.
  4. Describe what constitutes an evidence-based or promising finding.
  5. Outline the current research literature on effective community corrections practices.
  6. Identify case law relevant to community corrections.
  7. Identify current recognized promising practices within community corrections.
  8. Describe new and emerging initiatives or issues being discussed within the community corrections field.

EBP Self-Paced Online Courses

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The National Institute of Corrections (NIC) has a 5-course series of online training on Evidence-Based Practices in Community Corrections. These courses can help for students to learn more about EBP or to show professors how to become informed about EBP and its application in the field of corrections. NIC offers these and over 150 more e-courses free of charge. All you need is to create a free account. 

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EBP Course 1 - Course and Program Overview
This is course one in NIC’s six-course Evidence-Based Practices in a Correctional Setting program. The purpose for the entire six-part program is to provide front line supervisors and staff with the opportunity to learn the history, advancements, and benefits of using evidence-based practices. 

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EBP Course 2 - Risk Assessment and Classification: Fundamentals for Criminal Justice Professionals
This is course two in NIC’s six-course Evidence-Based Practices in a Correctional Setting program. The main purpose of this course is to introduce you to actuarial risk assessments and describe how they are utilized as a tool within criminal justice professions. 

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EBP Course 3 - Effective Behavior Change Interventions for Offenders in Community and Institutional Settings
This is course three in NIC’s six-course Evidence-Based Practices in a Correctional Setting program. The purpose of this course is to provide an overview of the research on offender behavior change. As such, this course summarizes the principles of evidence-based practice, social learning theory and effective interventions, and the many opportunities available to shape offender behavior. 

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EBP Course 4 - Essential Elements of Case Planning
This is course four in NIC’s six-course Evidence-based Practices in a Correctional Setting program. The main purpose of this course is to provide front line supervisors and staff the opportunity to learn the history and advancements of evidence-based practices (EBP) relating to the area of case planning. 

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EBP Course 5 - Outcome and Performance Measures: Why Data Are So Important
This is course five in NIC’s six-course Evidence-Based Practices in a Correctional Setting program. The main purposes of this course are to allow the practitioner to appreciate the significance of ensuring that correctional practices are implemented with fidelity to their model, and to understand the degree to which intended actions are accomplishing their goals by reviewing data that is collected and analyzed. 

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EBP Course 6 - Putting it all Together
This is the final course in NIC’s six-course Evidence-Based Practices in a Correctional Setting program. The course addresses specific skills and practices that, when implemented effectively, can increase positive outcomes with defendants, offenders, and inmates in the areas of pretrial, probation, jail, prison, parole, and re-entry back into the community. The main purpose of this course is to integrate and link the information from the preceding courses to explain how core correctional practices that are known to enhance public safety are implemented throughout the correctional continuum. 

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An Example of a Practice/Policy that was Demonstrated Not to Work via Research

One evidence-based principle suggests using research to inform policy and practice in the field. Sometimes that means finding out a program does not perform as well as originally intended. An example would be the Hawaii’s Opportunity Probation with Enforcement (HOPE) model. HOPE is based on a model to reinforce a strong and immediate relationship between probationers’ actions and their consequences, sending consistent messages to probationers about personal accountability and responsibility, while directly involving the judge. HOPE conducts frequent and random drug tests for high-risk probationers, and responds to detected violations (including failed drug tests and missed appointments) with swift, certain and short stays in jail. HOPE also rewards probationers for negative drug tests and other compliant behavior and mandates treatment upon request for probationers who do not abstain from drug use while in the program.

After the model was initially implemented in Hawaii, the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) funded a research study to determine its effectiveness on supervision outcomes among probationers (see Hawken & Kleiman, 2009). The researchers found that HOPE probationers were 55% less likely to use drugs, 72% less likely to skip appointments, and 53% less likely to have their probation be revoked, as compared to the control group. The study provided early evidence of the benefit in applying swift and certain graduated, proportional punishment to improve the outcomes of drug use and crime.

Several years later, as the HOPE model became more well-known across the country and in the field, NIJ funded an additional research study to evaluate the model in multiple demonstration field sites across the continental United States (see Lattimore et al., 2016). The results of this study found no significant differences among supervision outcomes―arrests, probation revocations, or new convictions―between probationers who underwent the HOPE model approach and those who underwent probation as usual. Both research studies used the same rigorous, randomized control trial methodological design as well.

Such a research process does not necessarily mean that the HOPE model, in this case, isn’t effective at all. What it does tell us is where there are limitations to the model and what efforts should be made to modify it to become the most effective model in a community supervision setting.

 

Brad Bogue Bill Woodward Nancy M. Campbell Elyse Clawson Dorothy Faust. “Implementing Evidence-Based Practice in Community Corrections: The Principles of Effective Intervention.” National Institute of Corrections, 2004. https://nicic.gov/implementing-evidence-based-practice-community-corrections-principles-effective-intervention
Principles of effective evidence-based intervention are presented. Topics discussed include: 

  • Evidence-based practice (EBP)
  • Term clarification
  • Eight principles for effective interventions—(1) assess actuarial risk/needs, (2) enhance intrinsic motivation, (3) target interventions, (4) skill train with directed practice, (5) increase positive reinforcement, (6) engage ongoing support in natural communities, (7) measure relevant processes/practices, and (8) provide measurement feedback
  • Components of correctional interventions
  • Implementation of EBP principles
  • Application of the principles of EBP at the case, agency, and system levels
  • Seven recommended strategies for implementing effective interventions
  • Levels of research evidence

“Toward Evidence-Based Decision Making in Community Corrections: Research and Strategies for Successful Implementation.” National Institute of Corrections. Justice Research and Statistics Association (JRSA) (Washington DC), November 1, 2013. https://nicic.gov/toward-evidence-based-decision-making-community-corrections-research-and-strategies-successful
This special issue of Justice Research and Policy contains invited articles on community corrections, with special emphasis on successful implementation strategies. A common thread that runs through these articles relates to what is needed to better ensure fidelity to evidence[1]based practices in community supervision and treatment. The research and implementation strategies shared by the authors should provide greater guidance to agency and program administrators working to assimilate evidence[1]based practices into their organizations.

Rempel, Michael. “Evidence-Based Strategies for Working with Offenders.” Innovating Justice. Center for Court Innovation, Bureau of Justice Assistance, 2014. https://www.innovatingjustice.org/sites/default/files/documents/Evid%20Based%20Strategies.pdf
Findings from academic and program evaluation literatures in the fields of psychology, criminal justice, sociology, and public policy suggest that evidence-based interventions, which effectively combine the core principles of rehabilitation (risk-need-responsivity), deterrence, procedural justice, and collaboration, can significantly reduce recidivism. 

The Pew Charitable Trusts. “Legislating Evidence-Based Policymaking.” The Pew Charitable Trusts. The Pew Charitable Trusts, March 3, 2015. https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/issue-briefs/2015/03/legislating-evidence-based-policymaking
To examine this trend, the Pew-MacArthur Results First Initiative reviewed more than 100 state statutes passed between 2004 and 2014 and identified five different approaches to promoting data-driven program choices.

Orchowsky, Stan, and Roger Przybylski. “Promoting and Sustaining the Use of Evidence-Based Programs and Practices by State Administering Agencies.” Justice Research and Statistics Association, Justice Research and Statistics Association, National Criminal Justice Association, 2016, www.jrsa.org/projects/evidence-based.htm
These toolkits comprise "a series on promoting the use of evidence-based practices in State Administering Agencies (SAAs) [in understanding and implementing evidence-based practices (EBPs) in their states]. These toolkits include a briefing paper, an executive summary, and a slideshow."

“JTC Resource Bulletin Using Technology to Improve Pretrial Release Decision-Making.” Joint Technology Committee, 17 Feb. 2016.https://www.ncsc.org/__data/assets/pdf_file/0016/1663/it-in-pretrial-3-25-2016-final.ashx.pdf 
"Properly validated evidence-based pretrial risk assessment tools are better predictors of pretrial success than money bail or professional discretion alone. Jurisdictions can implement a pretrial risk assessment tool using data collected manually from local, state and federal databases, but a pretrial risk assessment tool would ideally be automated and integrated with existing systems that house relevant data. Implementing an automated pretrial release tool is a relatively small project with the potential for significant judicial, social and fiscal benefits" (p. ii). Sections following an executive summary cover pretrial detention decisionmaking, pretrial risk assessment tools, technology considerations, data considerations, implementation considerations, and an overall summary. 

“Evidence-Based Practices in the Criminal Justice System: An Annotated Bibliography.” National Institute of Corrections. National Institute of Corrections. Information Center (NICIC), 2017. https://nicic.gov/evidence-based-practices-criminal-justice-system-annotated-bibliography
This bibliography is not a complete list of “EBP” citations, but a mere selection based on questions we receive at the Information Center. 

“Implementation of Evidence-Based Practices in Corrections.” National Institute of Corrections. NIC Information Center, July 2017. 
Implementation of Evidence-Based Practices in Corrections Bibliography PDF 
This annotated bibliography was developed to provide current and useful information to professionals on implementation of evidence-based programs in the criminal justice system. Topics covered include implementation science, community services, fidelity, health, juvenile justice, and local and state efforts. 

James, Nathan. “Risk and Needs Assessment in the Federal Prison System.” Congressional Research Service Reports. Congressional Research Service, July 10, 2018. https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/details?prodcode=R44087
The Risk-Needs-Responsivity (RNR) model has become the dominant paradigm in risk and needs assessment. The risk principle states that convicted offenders need to be placed in programs that are commensurate with their risk level; in other words, provide more intensive treatment and services to high-risk offenders while low-risk offenders should receive minimal or even no intervention. The need principle states that effective treatment should also focus on addressing the criminogenic needs that contribute to criminal behavior. The responsivity principle states that rehabilitative programming should be delivered in a style and mode that is consistent with the ability and learning style of the offender.

Cunningham, Mary. "Mental Health & Trauma among Incarcerated Persons: Development of a Training Curriculum for Correctional Officers." ResearchGate. February 1, 2019. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/331023069_Mental_Health_Trauma_among_Incarcerated_Persons_Development_of_a_Training_Curriculum_for_Correctional_Officers
With probation officers providing services to nearly five million people on community supervision in the United States, they play a critical role in the criminal justice system. Finding proven, effective ways to enhance probation and parole practices is important in keeping people from returning to the correctional system, which will improve lives and reduce costs. Evidenced-based research exists to help probation/parole officers improve their practice; however, the research can be difficult for probation/parole agencies to implement.

Box Set: Evidence-Based Principles for Reducing Offender Risk 
Since 2002, NIC and the Crime and Justice Institute have worked to develop processes and tools to assist state and local jurisdictions implement successful practices to reduce offender risk. Efforts at four project sites (Maine; Illinois; Orange County, CA; and Maricopa County, AZ) have resulted in an implementation framework that applies evidence-based principles for corrections, as well as other components and stakeholders of the justice system. Experiences at these project sites has made it clear that officials from all system components and stakeholders involved with offenders as they move through the system need practical information regarding the basic research principles of risk reduction. 
https://nicic.gov/series/ebp-box-set

Crime and Justice Institute EBP Integrated Model 
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 the Crime and Justice Institute 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. 
http://www.crj.org/assets/2017/07/51_NICCJI_Project_ICCA_2.pdf

Suggestions to Enhance University-Practitioner Relations

There are several ways that universities and practitioners can work together. One way is for universities to encourage faculty to engage in applied research projects with practitioner agencies or jurisdictions. For example, the Department of Justice offers external funding opportunities for such partnerships to occur by pairing agencies with research partners, which could be academics. University faculty, particularly young tenure-track professors, often seek opportunities to conduct research to increase publications; whereas, agencies often need researchers to help them evaluate programs or policies. So, it can be a win-win for both parties. A second way is for universities to hire adjunct faculty who have direct experience working in the community corrections field. Such faculty members can teach directly to the course topic and provide insight not always available to undergraduate students.

Core Correctional Practice Articles

Dowden, C., & Andrews, D. A. (2004). "The Importance of Staff Practice in Delivering Effective Correctional Treatment: A Meta-Analytic Review of Core Correctional Practice." International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, 48(2), 203–214. https://doi.org/10.1177/0306624X03257765
Several meta-analyses have rendered strong support for the clinically relevant and psychologically informed principles of human service, risk, need, and general responsivity. However, each of these reviews has focused on specific program components and not on the characteristics of the staff or the specific techniques used to deliver the program. This meta-analytic review examines the role of core correctional practices in reducing recidivism and provides strong preliminary evidence regarding their effectiveness. Staff characteristics and training in core skills must be addressed to ensure the maximum therapeutic impact of correctional treatment programs. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)

Haas, S. M., Spence, D. H. (2016). Use of core correctional practice and inmate preparedness for release. International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology. Available Online First. doi: 10.1177/0306624X15625992

EBP Textbooks

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EBP Websites

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National Institute of Corrections - https://nicic.gov/ 
NIC provides training through our catalog of data-driven research as well as our online Learning Management System. We have corrections experts and researchers on staff to answer questions. We also provide technical assistance (on-site training) to agencies and facilities to help evolve their practices in ways that benefit their operations and their communities. We also provide leadership and data to help advance correctional policies, procedures, practices, and operations nationwide.

American Probation and Parole Association - http://www.appa-net.org/eweb/ 
As the voice of the community corrections industry, the American Probation and Parole Association (APPA) serves as the field’s leading professional membership association. Our work is supported by thousands of passionate members throughout the U.S. and Canada, as well as other countries actively involved in strengthening community corrections work. APPA has members at all levels of government and the private sector, including: Community corrections professionals, service providers, libraries and educators, research students, volunteers, concerned citizens, corporations, public policy advocates, and others with an interest in criminal and juvenile justice.

Evidence-based Decision Making (EBDM) - https://info.nicic.gov/ebdm/ 
The National Institute of Corrections (NIC), in partnership with the Center for Effective Public Policy, built the Evidence -Based Decision Making Initiative (EBDM) initiative to create game-changing criminal justice system reform. EBDM is a strategic and deliberate method of applying empirical knowledge and research-supported principles to justice system decisions made at the case, agency, and system level and seeks to equip criminal justice local and state policymakers with the information, processes, and tools that will result in measurable reductions of pretrial misconduct, post-conviction reoffending, and other forms of community harm resulting from crime.

National Reentry Resource Center - https://nationalreentryresourcecenter.org/ 
The NRRC was established by the Second Chance Act (Public Law 110-199). Signed into law in 2008 and reauthorized in 2018, the Second Chance Act authorizes federal grants to government agencies and nonprofit organizations to provide reentry services—including employment assistance, substance use treatment, housing, family programming, mentoring, victims support, and other services—and to support corrections and supervision practices that aim to reduce recidivism. The American Institutes for Research (AIR) operates the NRRC in collaboration with BJA, the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), and BJA's SCA training and technical assistance providers at AIR, The Council of State Governments Justice Center, the Vera Institute of Justice, and RTI International.

CrimeSolutions.Gov - https://crimesolutions.ojp.gov/ 
A resource of the National Institute of Justice that provides and uses research to rate the effectiveness of programs and practices in achieving criminal justice related outcomes in order to inform practitioners and policy makers about what works, what doesn't, and what's promising in criminal justice, juvenile justice, and crime victim services. 
Suggested Assignment for Students: Give students a topic (e.g., cognitive behavioral interventions) and ask them to locate 2-3 examples each of programs that are shown on Crimesolutions.gov to be effective, promising and have no effects on that topic area. Also, have students include a summary of how the site defines effective, promising and no effects. This will give them an opportunity to use a resource used in the corrections field to begin determining what some of the evidence-based practices in community corrections are. The students also could be asked to review the original research studies cited for the programs to get more details and present their findings.

JusticeReinvestment, Council of State Governments - https://csgjusticecenter.org/projects/justice-reinvestment/ 
JRI is funded by the U.S. Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Assistance with support from The Pew Charitable Trusts and utilizes criminal justice, behavioral health, and other reentry experts from the CSG Justice Center to:

  • Collect data that is often siloed and under-analyzed to spotlight the most pressing trends and drivers of crime, recidivism, and costs;
  • Meet with a range of stakeholders and assess statutes, policies, and current practices;
  • Deliver findings and recommendations to state leaders and stakeholders in clear, compelling, and actionable presentations;
  • Help address implementation challenges once changes are adopted; and
  • Establish an ongoing data monitoring process.

GAINS Center for Behavioral Health and Justice Transformation - https://www.samhsa.gov/gains-center 
SAMHSA’s GAINS Center for Behavioral Health and Justice Transformation helps to expand community services for adults who are in the criminal justice system and experiencing a mental and/or substance use disorder. SAMHSA’s GAINS Center provides technical assistance and support to the following:

  • Professionals working in the fields of behavioral health and criminal justice
  • States and communities across the country who are working to achieve integrated systems of mental health and substance use services

The GAINS Center provides information and skills training to help individuals and organizations at the local, state, regional, and national levels implement effective, integrated programming that will transform the criminal justice and behavioral health systems.

Washington State Institute of Public Policy - https://www.wsipp.wa.gov/ 
The Washington State Institute for Public Policy (WSIPP) is a nonpartisan public research group located in Olympia, the hub of Washington State government. WSIPP is a team of multidisciplinary researchers who conduct applied policy research for the state legislature in a creative and collaborative environment. WSIPP is strongly committed to the core values of nonpartisanship, quality, and impartiality. Created in 1983, WSIPP has become nationally and internationally recognized for the design, depth, and quality of its research reports and benefit-cost analyses.

What Works in Reentry Clearinghouse - https://whatworks.csgjusticecenter.org/ 
The What Works in Reentry Clearinghouse is a “one-stop shop” for research on the effectiveness of a wide variety of reentry programs and practices. What Works now features programs rated by the National Institute of Justice’s CrimeSolutions.gov, a website that presents programs that have undergone rigorous evaluations and meta-analyses. CrimeSolutions.gov assesses the strength of the evidence about whether these programs achieve criminal justice, juvenile justice, or crime victim services outcomes in order to inform practitioners and policy makers about what works, what doesn’t, and what’s promising.

Blueprints for Healthy Youth Development - https://www.blueprintsprograms.org/
The Blueprints for Healthy Youth Development mission is to provide a comprehensive registry of scientifically proven and scalable interventions that prevent or reduce the likelihood of antisocial behavior and promote a healthy course of youth development and adult maturity. We also advocate for evidence-based interventions locally and nationally and produce publications on the importance of adopting high-scientific standards when evaluating what works in social and crime prevention interventions.

Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) Model Programs - https://www.ojjdp.gov/mpg/ 
The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention’s (OJJDP’s) Model Programs Guide (MPG) contains information about evidence-based juvenile justice and youth prevention, intervention, and reentry programs. It is a resource for practitioners and communities about what works, what is promising, and what does not work in juvenile justice, delinquency prevention, and child protection and safety.

EBP Videos/Podcasts

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Risk Assessment Tool Helps Probation Officers
The Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts developed the Post Conviction Risk Assessment (PCRA) tool to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of post-conviction supervision. PCRA helps probation officers identify which persons to target for correctional interventions, what characteristics or needs will mitigate future criminal behavior, and how best to deliver supervision and treatment. The PCRA tool is an evidence-based practice (EBP) that guides an officer's decision about what level of risk an offender poses and what interventions would be best to reduce recidivism rates. 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-nGDKgdTi4

Successful Parole and Probation Practices
This video is part of a television show produced by the Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency and the Office of Cable Television in Washington, DC. In this video, the program interviewed four directors of state parole and probation agencies to discuss best practices as it applies to their state or counterparts nationally. 
https://media.csosa.gov/podcast/video/category/probation/

What Works: Evidence-Based Practices in Community Corrections
This video is part of the “DC Public Safety” television series and provides an overview of “what works” in community corrections through an examination of research-based practices. You will need to scroll down the page to find the video.
https://media.csosa.gov/podcast/video/category/probation/

Edward Latessa (7 short videos): Solutions in Corrections: Using Evidence-Based Knowledge
Produced by the National Institute of Justice. 
"Key Principles of Reducing Recidivism" Edward Latessa, Ph.D., Director, School of Criminal Justice, University of Cincinnati. This interview followed the presentation "Solutions in Corrections: Using Evidence-Based Knowledge" given as part of NIJ's Research for the Real World Seminar Series. The content presented in these videos results from NIJ-funded research, development and evaluation projects. The content is not intended to create, does not create, and may not be relied upon to create any rights, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law by any party in any matter civil or criminal. Opinions or points of view expressed in these videos represent those of the speakers and do not necessarily represent the official position or policies of the U.S. Department of Justice. Any products and manufacturers discussed in these videos are presented for informational purposes only and do not constitute product approval or enforcement by the U.S. Department of Justice. [description provided by Department of Justice, 2011]
https://youtu.be/Sv3p4IijkAI?list=PLUOQSTnnJJfvoraDTiltkktqI5jZ8MBdM