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2 results foundAuthor: Prell, Lettie Title: Community‐Based Corrections Substance Abuse Treatment For the Higher Risk Offender Summary: In May 2007, The Iowa Department of Corrections participated in the Iowa Performance Audit Program, which is implemented by the Department of Management in consultation with the Legislative Services Agency, Auditor of the State and others. This program, authorized by the Iowa General Assembly, is a key component of the Iowa Accountable Government Act. The performance audit conducted by the Department of Management concerned the licensed substance abuse treatment programs in Department of Corrections’ institutions. This report uses the same methodology, modified for community-based corrections populations, to examine the delivery of substance abuse treatment for higher risk offenders under field supervision, and all offenders who were assigned to community corrections residential facilities. The Iowa Department of Corrections has embraced performance audit methodologies because we want to do more of what works, and discontinue (or alter) programs that are not working. Traditional outcome evaluations are costly, and usually assess only one program at a time. We were interested in the development of a methodology for assessing the performance of a group of interventions, in a way where fair comparisons among programs could be made. Research questions for the performance audit included: To what extent are the district departments of correctional services addressing higher risk offenders’ substance abuse treatment needs? Which programs are working? Which are not? What can the audit tell us about which offenders, based on risk levels, are likely to benefit from treatment, in terms of reduced likelihood of recidivism? Key findings are: 53.4% of higher risk offenders with substance abuse needs leave community-based corrections supervision without treatment. Overall, substance abuse treatment significantly lowers new conviction and total recidivism. Younger offenders (under age 40), African-Americans, Native Americans, and very high risk offenders (those scoring over 40 points on the LSI-R risk assessment) all have significantly higher recidivism rates than offenders who are not in these sub-groups. Substance abuse treatment is effective in lowering recidivism rates for all of these sub-groups. Details: Des Moines: Iowa Department of Corrections, 2007. 64p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed November 12, 2016 at: http://www.doc.state.ia.us/UploadedDocument/451 Year: 2007 Country: United States URL: http://www.doc.state.ia.us/UploadedDocument/451 Shelf Number: 141124 Keywords: Community-Based Corrections Drug Abuse and Crime Drug Offenders High Risk OffendersRecidivism Substance Abuse Treatment |
Author: Hannon, Catherine Title: Managing a risky business: developing the professional practice of police and probation officers in the supervision of high risk offenders Summary: Discussions about risk are central to the formulation of criminal justice and penal policies. They shape ways of perceiving and responding to what is deemed risky behavior. This thesis builds upon research about the application and effects of "the new penology", with its emphasis on "actuarialism", which promotes quantitative methods used in accountancy as an analytical method for risk assessment. This thesis goes beyond policy texts and theories providing original contribution that explores how the police and the probation services actually interpret and implement policy and manage mutual institutional pressures and biases. It does so by using interviews and debriefing process with police and probation practitioners, as well as by drawing upon the author's own professional experience. This thesis identifies some of the effects of implementing actuarial practices within police and probation working, looking at convergent and divergent views. It aims at a clearer understanding of the partnership working between police and probation services arising from different perspectives and response to risk. The findings support the notion that actuarial practices permeate this arena of public protection; influencing intra and inter-service partnerships and the implementation of MAPPA aims. Actuarial analysis accentuates a tendency to prioritise police crime control policies but not without resistance from probation officers. A number of MAPPA deficiencies including ineffective information sharing processes exist between critical partners impeding partnership working. Disagreements formed from differences in organisational aims of rehabilitation and crime control, accentuated by the actuarial risk assessment methodology. Repeated working together of personnel and development of collaborative initiatives helped alleviate misunderstandings. Conflict between the two services was most acute in relation to the transfer process, breach of licence conditions and recall to custody of offenders. Gaps in knowledge and experience created significant issues particularly for those new to risk management and the responsibilities associated to this arena of public protection work. Activities to aid communal development were identified through organisational learning founded in communities of practice and isomorphic learning encouraging the growth of networks of learning. Crisis causation models and the systemic lessons learned knowledge model (Syllk) provided diverse perspectives to assess people, learning, culture, social values, technology, process and infrastructure. Improvements in any combination of these factors supported the development of trust and learning between agencies. The Transforming Rehabilitation agenda transformed the public protection world and amplified the negative aspects of the findings in this thesis. Anxieties about data, information sharing and the effectiveness of the framework to transfer cases between agencies are a contemporary problem for the National Probation Service and Community Rehabilitation Companies to tackle. Failure to do so will place the public at greater risk. Details: London: London Metropolitan University, 2016. 232p. Source: Internet Resource: Dissertation: Accessed April 19, 2018 at: http://repository.londonmet.ac.uk/1137/ Year: 2016 Country: United Kingdom URL: http://repository.londonmet.ac.uk/1137/ Shelf Number: 149861 Keywords: Community Supervision High Risk OffendersOffender SupervisionPolice OfficersProbation Officers |