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Evidence-based Practices

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Title	File	Topic	Issue
Assessing the Role of Clinical and Actuarial Risk Assessment in an Evidence-based Community Corrections System: Issues to Consider	Download pdf, 47.27 KB	Risk Assessment, Evidence-based Practices	September 2006
Motivational Interviewing for Probation Officers: Tipping the Balance Toward Change	Download pdf, 169.11 KB	Evidence-based Practices, Supervision	June 2006
Evidence of Professionalism or Quackery: Measuring Practitioner Awareness of Risk/Need Factors and Effective Treatment Strategies	Download pdf, 93.24 KB	Evidence-based Practices	December 2005
Motivational Interviewing for Probation Staff: Increasing the Readiness to Change (Part I)	Download pdf, 92.81 KB	Evidence-based Practices, Probation	December 2005
Getting Serious About Corrections	Download pdf, 53.33 KB	Evidence-based Practices	December 2005
Bridging the Gap Between Theory and Practice--A Call to Action	Download pdf, 58.34 KB	Evidence-based Practices	June 2005
Supervision: Exploring the Dimensions of Effectiveness	Download pdf, 116.27 KB	Evidence-based Practices, Supervision	September 2002
Environmental Corrections: A New Paradigm for Effective Probation and Parole Supervision	Download pdf, 105.87 KB	Evidence-based Practices, Supervision	September 2002
Why "What Works" Matters Under the "Broken Windows" Model of Supervision	Download pdf, 57.15 KB	Evidence-based Practices, Supervision	September 2002
Beyond Correctional Quackery: Professionalism and the Possibility of Effective Treatment	Download pdf, 71.76 KB	Evidence-based Practices	September 2002
What Works in Juvenile Justice Outcome Measurement: A Comparison of Predicted Success to Observed Performance	Download pdf, 74.26 KB	Evidence-based Practices, Juveniles	September 2002
Managing the Correctional Enterprise: The Quest for "What Works"	Download pdf, 72.38 KB	Evidence-based Practices	September 2002
Valuing Evaluation	Download pdf, 50.03 KB	Evidence-based Practices	September 2002