Best Practices Tool Kits (Institute for Excellence in Justice)
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The Best Practices Tool-Kits aim to systematically identify empirical evidence regarding information and interventions on specific topics. Published 6 times a year, they will highlight 2-4 practices/programs that are proven, promising or an exemplary best practice and then provide citations/references for more extensive reading, if the reader so chooses. The objective of the tool kits are to provide a sound evidence base that will better inform policy makers, practitioners and researchers.
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Item An Update on Gender Responsive Strategies - 2011(Ohio State University. Criminal Justice Research Center, 2011-05) Kennedy, AmandaThis Best Practices tool kit identifies research regarding practices that are considered promising, proven to be beneficial or "best practices" in the treatment of female ex-offenders on probation and parole. According to former director of the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, Reginald Wilkinson, best practices range anywhere from practices which are empirically proven to be effective to strategies which demonstrate promise but have not yet been thoroughly evaluated. This document briefly summarizes four studies which outline effective strategies and particular aspects of working with women on probation and parole. Following this, there is a an annotated bibliography, featuring publications from the past five years which further examine the issue of women’s experiences with re-entry. Note that this document serves largely as an addendum to Coretta Pettway’s 2006 Institute for Excellence in Justice Best Practices tool kit, "Gender Responsive Strategies," which is available at http://hdl.handle.net/1811/24560.Item Family Involvement During Incarceration and Reentry(Institute for Excellence in Justice, 2008-06) Pettway, CorettaThis Best Practices Tool-Kit aims to systematically identify empirical evidence regarding strategies, programs and practices geared towards involving offenders’ families during incarceration and reentry. It highlights practices and program strategies that are proven, promising or exemplary best practices and provides references for more extensive reading. The objective of this tool kit is to provide information that will better inform policymakers, practitioners and researchers on maintaining and strengthening appropriate family relationships during incarceration and community reintegration.Item Incarcerated Parents and Parenting Programs(Institute for Excellence in Justice, 2007-09) Harris, Millie; Pettway, CorettaThis Best Practices Tool-Kit aims to systematically identify empirical evidence regarding prison programs and practices for incarcerated parents and their children. It highlights several practices and program strategies that are proven, promising or exemplary best practices and provides references for more extensive reading, if desired. The objective of the tool kit is to offer a sound evidence base that will better inform policymakers, practitioners and researchers on prison programs and practices geared toward building the parental skills of incarcerated parents.Item Community Corrections and Evidence-Based Practices(2008-02-22) Pettway, CorettaThis Best Practices Tool-Kit aims to identify the principles of effective intervention drawn from evidence-based research and how that translates into effective practice in community corrections. The objective of this tool kit is to provide information that will better inform policymakers, practitioners and researchers on the utilization of evidence-based practices in community corrections.Item Faith-Based Programming, Reentry and Recidivism(2007-01) Pettway, CorettaThis Best Practices Tool-Kit aims to systematically identify empirical evidence regarding faith-based programming, reentry and recidivism. It highlights 2-4 practices/programs that are proven, promising or exemplary best practices and provides references for more extensive reading.Item Offender Job Readiness and Job Retention(2006-08-24) Pettway, CorettaResearch has shown that ex-offenders have a high risk of unemployment and that an association exists between adult offender unemployment and recidivism. Additionally, offenders’ themselves consider that securing employment is important to maintaining a crime free existence upon release. The following tool-kit highlights key features of 4 programs focused on job readiness training and retention for offenders.Item Employing Ex-Offenders after Release from Prison(2007-06) Pettway, CorettaThis Best Practices Tool-Kit aims to systematically identify empirical evidence regarding information and interventions on the employment of ex-offenders following release from prison. It highlights 4 practices/programs in the area of employment training and retention for ex-offenders that are proven, promising, or an exemplary best practice and then, provides citations/references for more extensive reading.Item Best Practices Tool-Kit: Sex Offender Assessment and Registration(The Institute for Excellence in Justice, 2007-10) Pettway, Coretta; Berenson, DavidThis Best Practices Tool-Kit aims to systematically identify empirical research regarding assessment instruments and treatment practices for incarcerated sex offenders. It highlights several practices and program strategies that are proven, promising, or exemplary best practices and provides references for more extensive reading.Item Best Practices Tool-Kit: Sex Offender Registration and Notification(The Institute for Excellence in Justice, 2007-10) Harris, Millie; Pettway, CorettaThis Best Practices Tool-Kit aims to identify laws, state statutes and some empirical research regarding sex offender registration and notification.Item Best Practices Tool-Kit: Gender Responsive Strategies(2006-11-17) Pettway, CorettaThis Best Practices Tool-Kit aims to systematically identify empirical evidence regarding gender-responsive research, strategies, programs and practices. It highlights 2-4 practices/programs that are proven, promising or exemplary best practices and then provide references for more extensive reading, if desired.