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Impl

emen

ting

Effe

ctiv

e C

orre

ctio

nal M

anag

emen

t of

Offe

nder

s in

the

Com

mun

ity

Impl

emen

tatio

n C

heck

list

Rev

ised

Aug

ust 2

2, 2

005

This

che

cklis

t is a

tool

to g

uide

org

aniz

atio

ns in

thei

r sel

f-as

sess

men

t and

pla

nnin

g fo

r im

plem

enta

tion

of e

vide

nce-

base

d pr

actic

es fo

r com

mun

ity c

orre

ctio

ns.

It is

bui

lt on

the

inte

grat

ed m

odel

of i

mpl

emen

tatio

n w

hich

focu

ses e

qual

ly o

n ev

iden

ce-b

ased

pra

ctic

es,

orga

niza

tiona

l dev

elop

men

t, an

d co

llabo

ratio

n. T

he m

odel

com

pone

nts a

re id

entif

ied

thro

ugho

ut th

e ch

eckl

ist b

y th

e fo

llow

ing

sym

bols

:

Evi

denc

e-ba

sed

Prac

tices

,

Org

aniz

atio

nal D

evel

opm

ent,

and

Col

labo

ratio

n.

Inst

ruct

ions

: 1.

B

ring

toge

ther

a c

ross

-rep

rese

ntat

iona

l gro

up o

f org

aniz

atio

nal m

embe

rs, i

nclu

ding

m

anag

emen

t, su

perv

isor

s, an

d lin

e st

aff t

o co

mpl

ete

this

che

cklis

t.

2.

Usi

ng a

scal

e of

1=“

We

have

n’t y

et b

egun

wor

king

on

this

” th

roug

h 5=

“We

have

acc

ompl

ishe

d th

is ta

sk,”

ask

the

grou

p to

rate

ho

w m

uch

wor

k ha

s bee

n co

mpl

eted

in e

ach

of th

e id

entif

ied

area

s.

3.

Use

the

ratin

gs to

hel

p pr

iorit

ize

your

org

aniz

atio

n’s a

reas

of f

ocus

for i

mpl

emen

ting

evid

ence

-bas

ed p

ract

ices

. R

e-ra

ting

the

orga

niza

tion

over

tim

e (a

nnua

lly fo

r exa

mpl

e) w

ill h

ighl

ight

cha

nges

and

acc

ompl

ishm

ents

ach

ieve

d in

the

ongo

ing

impl

emen

tatio

n pr

oces

s.

Cont

ribut

ors:

B

rad

Bog

ue, N

ancy

Cam

pbel

l, M

ark

Car

ey, E

lyse

Cla

wso

n, D

ot F

aust,

Kat

e Fl

orio

, Lor

e Jo

plin

, Bill

y W

asso

n, a

nd W

illia

m W

oodw

ard.

Evid

ence

-bas

ed

Prac

tices

Org

aniz

atio

nal

Dev

elop

men

t C

olla

bora

tion

An

Inte

grat

ed M

odel

fo

r Im

plem

enta

tion

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R

ate

thes

e ite

ms

base

d on

th

e le

vel o

f com

plet

ion:

1=

We

have

n’t y

et b

egun

2=

We

have

sta

rted

wor

k on

this

, 3=

We

are

abou

t hal

fway

com

plet

e,

4=W

e ar

e al

mos

t fin

ishe

d, o

r 5=

We

have

acc

ompl

ishe

d th

is!

Com

men

ts

Evi

denc

e-B

ased

Pra

ctic

es Im

plem

enta

tion

Che

cklis

t

1 2

3 4

5

A

dmin

istr

atio

n an

d Pl

anni

ng

1)

Lea

ders

hip

A)

Iden

tify

orga

niza

tiona

l lea

ders

hip

that

is

com

mitt

ed to

impl

emen

ting

EBP

and

has t

he

lead

ersh

ip, c

hang

e m

anag

emen

t, an

d co

achi

ng

skill

s nec

essa

ry to

do

so.

B

) Id

entif

y ch

ampi

ons t

hrou

ghou

t the

org

aniz

atio

n w

ho a

re c

omm

itted

to E

BP

and

will

ing

to a

ssis

t in

coo

rdin

atin

g im

plem

enta

tion.

2)

Vis

ion

/ Mis

sion

Sta

tem

ent

A)

Red

efin

e vi

sion

, mis

sion

, and

val

ues s

tate

men

t to

refle

ct a

com

mitm

ent t

o EB

P.

B)

Use

an

incl

usiv

e pr

oces

s tha

t elic

its a

genc

y-w

ide

and

stak

ehol

der p

artic

ipat

ion.

C)

Post

thro

ugho

ut o

rgan

izat

ion.

D)

Con

sist

ently

refe

renc

e st

atem

ents

in d

ecis

ion-

mak

ing

and

day-

to-d

ay o

pera

tions

.

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e th

ese

item

s ba

sed

on

the

leve

l of c

ompl

etio

n:

1=W

e ha

ven’

t yet

beg

un

2=W

e ha

ve s

tarte

d w

ork

on th

is,

3=W

e ar

e ab

out h

alfw

ay c

ompl

ete,

4=

We

are

alm

ost f

inis

hed,

or

5=W

e ha

ve a

ccom

plis

hed

this

!

Com

men

ts

Evi

denc

e-B

ased

Pra

ctic

es Im

plem

enta

tion

Che

cklis

t

1 2

3 4

5

3)

Polic

y an

d Pr

oced

ures

A

) W

rite

or re

vise

pol

icie

s and

pro

cedu

res t

o re

flect

th

e pr

inci

ples

of E

BP.

B

) U

se a

n in

clus

ive

proc

ess t

hat e

licits

age

ncy-

wid

e an

d st

akeh

olde

r p

artic

ipat

ion.

4)

Polic

y an

d Im

plem

enta

tion

Tea

ms

A)

Dev

elop

an

impl

emen

tatio

n st

ruct

ure

that

id

entif

ies w

hat w

ork

will

occ

ur a

t the

stat

e le

vel

vers

us th

e lo

cal l

evel

.

B)

Esta

blis

h st

atew

ide

and

loca

l pol

icy

team

s of

syst

em p

olic

y- a

nd d

ecis

ion-

mak

ers t

o gu

ide

impl

emen

tatio

n at

a sy

stem

ic le

vel.

C)

Esta

blis

h im

plem

enta

tion

and

wor

k te

ams t

hat

both

staf

f the

pol

icy

team

s and

focu

s on

the

logi

stic

s of i

mpl

emen

tatio

n.

D)

Usi

ng a

cha

rterin

g pr

oces

s, es

tabl

ish

wor

king

ag

reem

ents

for t

eam

s to

clar

ify ro

les,

repo

rting

an

d co

mm

unic

atio

n st

ruct

ures

, mem

bers

hip

and

atte

ndan

ce e

xpec

tatio

ns, d

ecis

ion-

mak

ing

proc

esse

s, an

d in

form

atio

n sh

arin

g an

d in

put

gath

erin

g st

ruct

ure.

E)

Esta

blis

h th

e fo

llow

ing

durin

g th

e fir

st o

ne o

r tw

o m

eetin

gs:

i) Id

entif

y a

chai

r, le

ad w

orke

r, an

d / o

r co

ordi

nato

r

ii)

visi

on, m

issi

on, a

nd g

oal s

tate

men

ts,

iii)

reso

urce

nee

ds, i

.e.,

staf

fing

and

faci

litat

ion

iv)

actio

n pl

ans w

ith ti

mel

ines

and

ass

ignm

ents

.

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e th

ese

item

s ba

sed

on

the

leve

l of c

ompl

etio

n:

1=W

e ha

ven’

t yet

beg

un

2=W

e ha

ve s

tarte

d w

ork

on th

is,

3=W

e ar

e ab

out h

alfw

ay c

ompl

ete,

4=

We

are

alm

ost f

inis

hed,

or

5=W

e ha

ve a

ccom

plis

hed

this

!

Com

men

ts

Evi

denc

e-B

ased

Pra

ctic

es Im

plem

enta

tion

Che

cklis

t

1 2

3 4

5

5)

Syst

em S

take

hold

ers /

Col

labo

ratio

n A

) In

volv

e ex

tern

al st

akeh

olde

rs, s

uch

as o

ther

pub

lic

safe

ty p

artn

ers,

com

mun

ity-b

ased

pro

vide

rs, a

nd

loca

l bus

ines

s rep

rese

ntat

ives

in th

e pl

anni

ng a

nd

impl

emen

tatio

n pr

oces

ses.

B)

Syst

em S

take

hold

ers &

Pol

icy

Mak

ers

i) In

volv

e lo

cal g

over

nmen

t off

icia

ls a

s par

tner

s an

d ch

ampi

ons i

n th

e pl

anni

ng a

nd

impl

emen

tatio

n pr

oces

s.

ii)

Prov

ide

brie

f edu

catio

nal p

rese

ntat

ions

/ tra

inin

g se

ssio

ns to

thes

e of

ficia

ls re

gard

ing

EBP.

iii)

Mee

t reg

ular

ly w

ith a

nd in

volv

e sy

stem

st

akeh

olde

rs in

the

plan

ning

and

im

plem

enta

tion

proc

ess.

Pro

vide

regu

lar

impl

emen

tatio

n up

date

s and

shar

e su

cces

ses

and

chal

leng

es.

C)

Med

ia

i) D

evel

op a

med

ia p

olic

y an

d id

entif

y an

in

tern

al sp

okes

pers

on.

ii)

Educ

ate

the

med

ia a

bout

wha

t EB

P m

eans

in

and

to th

e fie

ld o

f cor

rect

ions

.

iii)

Cul

tivat

e re

latio

nshi

ps w

ith lo

cal m

edia

and

in

vite

them

to v

isit

faci

litie

s & o

ffic

es,

cond

uct r

ide-

alon

gs, a

nd h

ear a

bout

the

wor

k of

the

agen

cy.

D)

Com

mun

ity-b

ased

Ser

vice

Pro

vide

rs

i) In

volv

e co

mm

unity

-bas

ed se

rvic

e pr

ovid

ers i

n th

e pl

anni

ng a

nd im

plem

enta

tion

of E

BP.

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e th

ese

item

s ba

sed

on

the

leve

l of c

ompl

etio

n:

1=W

e ha

ven’

t yet

beg

un

2=W

e ha

ve s

tarte

d w

ork

on th

is,

3=W

e ar

e ab

out h

alfw

ay c

ompl

ete,

4=

We

are

alm

ost f

inis

hed,

or

5=W

e ha

ve a

ccom

plis

hed

this

!

Com

men

ts

Evi

denc

e-B

ased

Pra

ctic

es Im

plem

enta

tion

Che

cklis

t

1 2

3 4

5

ii)

Prov

ide

EBP-

rela

ted

train

ing

slot

s or s

essi

ons

to c

omm

unity

-bas

ed p

rovi

ders

.

iii)

Inco

rpor

ate

requ

irem

ents

incl

udin

g th

e us

e of

EB

P, u

se o

f soc

ial l

earn

ing

theo

ry a

nd

cogn

itive

beh

avio

ral t

echn

ique

s, an

d m

easu

rabl

e pe

rfor

man

ce in

dica

tors

into

pr

ovid

er c

ontra

cts.

iv)

Dev

elop

a sy

stem

for m

onito

ring

and

prov

idin

g fe

edba

ck re

gard

ing

cont

ract

m

easu

rem

ents

and

hol

d pr

ovid

ers

acco

unta

ble

for c

ontra

ct re

quire

men

ts.

6)

Plan

ning

A

) D

evel

op a

stra

tegi

c ac

tion

plan

for i

mpl

emen

ting

EBP.

B)

Incl

ude

cros

s-ag

ency

and

stak

ehol

der

repr

esen

tatio

n in

the

plan

ning

pro

cess

.

C)

Add

ress

ope

ratio

ns, o

rgan

izat

iona

l dev

elop

men

t is

sues

, and

col

labo

ratio

n.

D)

Incl

ude

mea

sura

ble

and

time

limite

d go

als a

nd

obje

ctiv

es, a

nd a

ssig

n in

divi

dual

s res

pons

ibili

ty

for c

ompl

etio

n of

eac

h ob

ject

ive.

E)

Com

plet

e re

gula

r upd

ates

of t

he st

rate

gic

actio

n pl

an in

dica

ting

impl

emen

tatio

n st

atus

and

tim

elin

e fo

r eac

h ob

ject

ive.

F)

Whe

n po

ssib

le, m

aint

ain

a ba

lanc

ed w

orkl

oad

by

elim

inat

ing

exis

ting

task

s whe

n ne

w ta

sks a

re

adop

ted.

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e th

ese

item

s ba

sed

on

the

leve

l of c

ompl

etio

n:

1=W

e ha

ven’

t yet

beg

un

2=W

e ha

ve s

tarte

d w

ork

on th

is,

3=W

e ar

e ab

out h

alfw

ay c

ompl

ete,

4=

We

are

alm

ost f

inis

hed,

or

5=W

e ha

ve a

ccom

plis

hed

this

!

Com

men

ts

Evi

denc

e-B

ased

Pra

ctic

es Im

plem

enta

tion

Che

cklis

t

1 2

3 4

5

7)

Com

mun

icat

ion

A)

Dev

elop

a p

lan

/ stra

tegy

for c

omm

unic

atin

g in

form

atio

n re

gard

ing

plan

ning

and

im

plem

enta

tion

thro

ugho

ut th

e or

gani

zatio

n an

d to

ext

erna

l sta

keho

lder

s.

B)

Esta

blis

h a

com

mun

icat

ion

subc

omm

ittee

re

spon

sibl

e fo

r ens

urin

g co

mm

unic

atio

n flo

w.

C)

Cel

ebra

te su

cces

ses,

even

smal

l win

s!

8)

Res

ourc

es /

Bud

get

A)

Alig

n bu

dget

stru

ctur

e w

ith E

BP

prio

ritie

s. i)

Focu

s fun

ding

on

prog

ram

s tha

t ser

ve

med

ium

- and

hig

h-ris

k of

fend

ers.

ii)

Focu

s fun

ding

on

prog

ram

s tha

t are

bas

ed o

n EB

P.

iii)

Focu

s fun

ding

on

prog

ram

s tha

t pro

vide

ev

iden

ce o

f rec

idiv

ism

redu

ctio

n.

iv)

Red

esig

n or

elim

inat

e pr

ogra

ms t

hat a

re in

co

nflic

t with

EB

P.

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e th

ese

item

s ba

sed

on

the

leve

l of c

ompl

etio

n:

1=W

e ha

ven’

t yet

beg

un

2=W

e ha

ve s

tarte

d w

ork

on th

is,

3=W

e ar

e ab

out h

alfw

ay c

ompl

ete,

4=

We

are

alm

ost f

inis

hed,

or

5=W

e ha

ve a

ccom

plis

hed

this

!

Com

men

ts

Evi

denc

e-B

ased

Pra

ctic

es Im

plem

enta

tion

Che

cklis

t

1 2

3 4

5

Hum

an R

esou

rces

& T

rain

ing

9)

Rec

ruitm

ent a

nd H

irin

g

A)

Dev

elop

recr

uitin

g st

rate

gies

and

lite

ratu

re th

at

focu

s on

the

know

ledg

e, sk

ills,

and

attit

ude

nece

ssar

y to

del

iver

EB

P.

B)

Rew

rite

job

desc

riptio

ns to

em

phas

ize

the

know

ledg

e, sk

ills,

and

attit

ude

nece

ssar

y to

de

liver

EB

P.

C)

Dev

elop

inte

rvie

w a

nd h

iring

pro

cess

es th

at

emph

asiz

e th

e kn

owle

dge,

skill

s, an

d at

titud

e ne

cess

ary

to d

eliv

ery

EBP.

D)

Dev

elop

a su

cces

sion

pla

nnin

g st

rate

gy.

i) Pr

ovid

e le

ader

ship

skill

bui

ldin

g op

portu

nitie

s to

staf

f who

se b

ehav

ior a

nd

attit

ude

are

in a

lignm

ent w

ith E

BP.

ii)

Bui

ld o

n st

aff s

treng

ths.

iii)

Bal

ance

inte

rnal

pro

mot

iona

l opp

ortu

nitie

s an

d ex

tern

al h

iring

as a

ppro

pria

te.

10) T

rain

ing

A

) R

evie

w c

urre

nt tr

aini

ng c

urric

ulum

and

iden

tify

train

ing

need

s.

B)

Inco

rpor

ate

expe

rient

ial t

each

ing

tech

niqu

es a

nd

adap

tatio

ns fo

r par

ticip

ant l

earn

ing

styl

es in

to

train

ings

.

C)

Dev

elop

a tr

aini

ng p

lan

that

inco

rpor

ates

trai

ning

al

l age

ncy

staf

f in

the

prin

cipl

es, p

hilo

soph

y, a

nd

impl

emen

tatio

n of

EB

P.

i) In

clud

e EB

P tra

inin

g in

staf

f orie

ntat

ion

sess

ions

.

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plis

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this

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Com

men

ts

Evi

denc

e-B

ased

Pra

ctic

es Im

plem

enta

tion

Che

cklis

t

1 2

3 4

5

ii)

Incl

ude

EBP

train

ing

in o

ffic

er a

cade

my

/ in

itial

trai

ning

.

iii)

Trai

n st

aff i

n m

otiv

atio

nal i

nter

view

ing,

so

cial

lear

ning

theo

ry, a

nd c

ogni

tive

beha

vior

al te

chni

ques

.

iv)

Trai

n st

aff t

o ad

min

iste

r ass

essm

ent t

ools

us

ing

mot

ivat

iona

l int

ervi

ewin

g te

chni

ques

.

v)

Trai

n st

aff /

supe

rvis

ors /

man

agem

ent i

n th

e in

terp

reta

tion

of d

ata

and

othe

r rep

ortin

g m

echa

nism

s.

D)

Trai

n su

perv

isor

s to

cond

uct p

erfo

rman

ce

eval

uatio

ns a

nd o

ngoi

ng p

erfo

rman

ce m

onito

ring

and

EBP.

E) T

rain

man

agem

ent a

nd su

perv

isor

s in

lead

ersh

ip

skill

s and

cha

nge

man

agem

ent.

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ve s

tarte

d w

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on th

is,

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e ar

e ab

out h

alfw

ay c

ompl

ete,

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are

alm

ost f

inis

hed,

or

5=W

e ha

ve a

ccom

plis

hed

this

!

Com

men

ts

Evi

denc

e-B

ased

Pra

ctic

es Im

plem

enta

tion

Che

cklis

t

1 2

3 4

5

11) P

erfo

rman

ce M

anag

emen

t A

) D

evel

op p

erfo

rman

ce e

valu

atio

n fo

rms t

hat

refle

ct th

e pr

inci

ples

of E

BP.

i) U

se o

f pos

itive

rein

forc

emen

ts (4

to 1

) with

ea

ch o

ther

and

off

ende

rs

ii)

Con

tact

with

com

mun

ity su

ppor

ts d

urin

g ca

se p

lann

ing

B)

Dev

elop

a sy

stem

of p

erfo

rman

ce e

valu

atio

n an

d m

onito

ring

that

is o

ngoi

ng (n

ot li

mite

d to

onc

e /

year

).

C)

Dev

elop

met

hods

of f

eedi

ng b

ack

perf

orm

ance

in

form

atio

n fo

r all

staf

f on

a re

gula

r bas

is.

D)

Dev

elop

met

hods

of p

rovi

ding

360

deg

ree

feed

back

, esp

ecia

lly fo

r sup

ervi

sor,

mid

-m

anag

emen

t, an

d ex

ecut

ive

leve

l sta

ff.

E)

Con

duct

rand

om v

ideo

/ au

dio

/ obs

erva

tion

revi

ew o

f sta

ff p

erfo

rman

ce.

F)

Con

duct

per

iodi

c an

d ra

ndom

revi

ews o

f as

sess

men

ts a

nd c

ase

plan

s.

G)

Dev

elop

met

hods

of r

ewar

ding

staf

f for

alig

ning

th

eir b

ehav

ior w

ith E

BP.

H)

Prom

ote

staf

f bas

ed o

n th

eir k

now

ledg

e, sk

ills,

abili

ty, a

nd a

ttitu

de re

late

d to

EB

P.

I)

Mea

sure

supe

rvis

or p

erfo

rman

ce b

ased

on

the

follo

win

g:

i) A

bilit

y to

teac

h an

d m

odel

EB

P w

ith st

aff

and

othe

rs.

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out h

alfw

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ompl

ete,

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are

alm

ost f

inis

hed,

or

5=W

e ha

ve a

ccom

plis

hed

this

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Com

men

ts

Evi

denc

e-B

ased

Pra

ctic

es Im

plem

enta

tion

Che

cklis

t

1 2

3 4

5

ii)

Abi

lity

to o

bser

ve o

ffic

er /

offe

nder

in

tera

ctio

n an

d pr

ovid

e fe

edba

ck,

rein

forc

emen

t, an

d in

stru

ctio

n in

supp

ort o

f EB

P.

J) O

bser

ve a

nd /

or p

rovi

de c

linic

al su

perv

isio

n fo

r co

gniti

ve b

ehav

iora

l tre

atm

ent g

roup

s.

Info

rmat

ion

Syst

ems,

Mea

sure

men

t, &

Eva

luat

ion

12) M

easu

rem

ent

A)

Dev

elop

out

com

e m

easu

res t

o tra

ck p

rogr

ess

tow

ard

stra

tegi

c go

als.

(Inc

orpo

rate

dat

a id

entif

ied

in m

easu

rem

ent m

atrix

.)

B)

Dev

elop

pro

cess

and

inte

rmed

iate

mea

sure

s tha

t ca

n be

trac

ked

on a

regu

lar b

asis

to m

onito

r pr

ogre

ss to

war

d st

rate

gic

goal

s. (I

ncor

pora

te

mea

sure

s ide

ntifi

ed in

mea

sure

men

t mat

rix)

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ve s

tarte

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on th

is,

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e ab

out h

alfw

ay c

ompl

ete,

4=

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are

alm

ost f

inis

hed,

or

5=W

e ha

ve a

ccom

plis

hed

this

!

Com

men

ts

Evi

denc

e-B

ased

Pra

ctic

es Im

plem

enta

tion

Che

cklis

t

1 2

3 4

5

13) I

nfor

mat

ion

Man

agem

ent

A)

Dev

elop

or a

djus

t inf

orm

atio

n sy

stem

to p

rovi

de

data

requ

ired

by m

easu

rem

ent m

atrix

.

B)

Dev

elop

repo

rting

mec

hani

sms t

hat a

llow

for

regu

lar f

eedb

ack

of id

entif

ied

data

to m

anag

ers,

supe

rvis

ors,

and

staf

f.

C)

Col

lect

dat

a re

gard

ing

offe

nder

ass

essm

ent a

nd

case

man

agem

ent a

nd p

rovi

de re

gula

r rep

orts

ba

ck to

man

ager

s, su

perv

isor

s, an

d st

aff.

C)

Mea

sure

incr

emen

tal o

ffen

der c

hang

e an

d pr

ovid

e re

gula

r rep

orts

bac

k to

man

ager

s, su

perv

isor

s, an

d st

aff.

D)

Dev

elop

mec

hani

sms t

o m

easu

re tr

eatm

ent

dosa

ge a

t ind

ivid

ual a

nd a

ggre

gate

leve

ls a

s id

entif

ied

in m

easu

rem

ent m

atrix

.

14) R

esea

rch

/ Eva

luat

ion

A)

Dev

elop

rese

arch

and

eva

luat

ion

capa

city

(hire

w

ell t

rain

ed st

aff o

r par

tner

with

a lo

cal

univ

ersi

ty /

cont

ract

or).

B)

Use

the

inte

rmed

iate

and

out

com

e m

easu

res t

o m

easu

re th

e ef

fect

iven

ess o

f int

erna

l and

co

ntra

cted

pro

gram

s, tre

atm

ent,

and

gene

ral

supe

rvis

ion.

C)

Eval

uate

impl

emen

tatio

n to

ens

ure

fidel

ity to

im

plem

enta

tion

mod

el.

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ve s

tarte

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on th

is,

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e ab

out h

alfw

ay c

ompl

ete,

4=

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are

alm

ost f

inis

hed,

or

5=W

e ha

ve a

ccom

plis

hed

this

!

Com

men

ts

Evi

denc

e-B

ased

Pra

ctic

es Im

plem

enta

tion

Che

cklis

t

1 2

3 4

5

D

) C

ondu

ct re

gula

r, ra

ndom

cas

e au

dits

to e

nsur

e th

at o

ffic

ers a

re im

plem

entin

g as

sess

men

ts,

deve

lopi

ng c

ase

plan

s, fo

llow

ing-

thro

ugh

on c

ase

plan

s, an

d ut

ilizi

ng sa

nctio

ns a

ppro

pria

tely

.

Ass

essm

ent,

Cas

e Pl

anni

ng, I

nter

vent

ions

, and

Su

perv

isio

n

15) A

sses

smen

t and

Cla

ssifi

catio

n A

) U

se a

pre

limin

ary

scre

enin

g to

ol to

ass

ess r

isk

on

all o

ffen

ders

at i

ntak

e.

B)

Plac

e lo

w-ri

sk o

ffen

ders

on

adm

inis

trativ

e ca

selo

ads.

C)

Impl

emen

t a th

ird-g

ener

atio

n as

sess

men

t too

l for

al

l off

ende

rs th

at sc

ore

as m

ediu

m &

hig

h-ris

k on

pr

elim

inar

y sc

reen

ing

tool

.

D)

Impl

emen

t spe

cial

ized

inst

rum

ents

/ tra

ilers

for

spec

ial p

opul

atio

ns.

E)

Impl

emen

t a sy

stem

of r

egul

ar re

asse

ssm

ents

and

re

flect

cha

nges

in c

ase

plan

s.

F)

Impl

emen

t a q

ualit

y as

sura

nce

syst

em to

ens

ure

that

off

icer

s are

cor

rect

ly a

dmin

iste

ring

asse

ssm

ent i

nstru

men

ts a

nd u

sing

mot

ivat

iona

l in

terv

iew

ing

tech

niqu

es.

Invo

lve

line

staf

f in

iden

tifyi

ng w

hat i

s and

wha

t isn

’t w

orki

ng w

ell.

16

) Cas

e Pl

anni

ng

A)

Dev

elop

per

sona

lized

cas

e pl

ans f

or a

ll of

fend

ers.

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ve s

tarte

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on th

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e ab

out h

alfw

ay c

ompl

ete,

4=

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are

alm

ost f

inis

hed,

or

5=W

e ha

ve a

ccom

plis

hed

this

!

Com

men

ts

Evi

denc

e-B

ased

Pra

ctic

es Im

plem

enta

tion

Che

cklis

t

1 2

3 4

5

B)

Use

the

case

pla

n to

app

ropr

iate

ly ta

rget

in

terv

entio

ns b

ased

on

EBP:

i)

Prio

ritiz

e su

perv

isio

n an

d tre

atm

ent r

esou

rces

fo

r off

ende

rs a

sses

sed

as h

ighe

r ris

k.

ii)

Add

ress

at l

east

the

top

four

crim

inog

enic

ne

eds a

s ide

ntifi

ed b

y th

e as

sess

men

t.

iii)

Be

resp

onsi

ve to

tem

pera

men

t, le

arni

ng st

yle,

m

otiv

atio

n, g

ende

r, an

d cu

lture

whe

n re

ferr

ing

to p

rogr

ams.

iv)

Inco

rpor

ate

appr

opria

te d

oses

of s

ervi

ces,

pro-

soci

al st

ruct

ure,

and

supe

rvis

ion

base

d on

ris

k le

vel,

i.e.,

stru

ctur

e 40

-70%

of h

igh-

risk

offe

nder

s’ ti

me

durin

g th

e in

itial

thre

e to

nin

e m

onth

s.

C)

Inco

rpor

ate

treat

men

t int

o th

e fu

ll se

nten

ce /

sanc

tion

requ

irem

ents

, ens

urin

g th

at tr

eatm

ent

inte

rven

tions

are

del

iver

ed in

a ta

rget

ed a

nd

timel

y m

anne

r.

D)

Inco

rpor

ate

enga

gem

ent o

f nat

ural

and

co

mm

unity

supp

orts

in o

ffen

ders

’ liv

es.

17

) Tre

atm

ent /

Pro

gram

s A

) R

evie

w c

urre

nt in

-hou

se tr

eatm

ent /

pro

gram

s for

ad

here

nce

to E

BP,

incl

udin

g th

e us

e of

cog

nitiv

e be

havi

oral

tech

niqu

es, m

otiv

atio

nal i

nter

view

ing,

sk

ill tr

aini

ng w

ith d

irect

ed p

ract

ice,

and

pos

itive

re

info

rcem

ent.

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plis

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Com

men

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Evi

denc

e-B

ased

Pra

ctic

es Im

plem

enta

tion

Che

cklis

t

1 2

3 4

5

B)

Ass

ess s

treng

ths a

nd g

aps u

sing

a p

rogr

am

asse

ssm

ent t

ool,

such

as t

he C

orre

ctio

nal

Prog

ram

Ass

essm

ent I

nven

tory

(CPA

I).

C)

Dev

elop

a p

lan

for s

treng

then

ing,

elim

inat

ing,

or

addi

ng p

rogr

ams i

n al

ignm

ent w

ith E

BP.

18) I

nter

med

iate

San

ctio

ns

A)

Ass

ess a

vaila

bilit

y of

inte

rmed

iate

sanc

tions

, id

entif

y ga

ps a

nd d

evel

op a

pla

n fo

r inc

reas

ing

or

adju

sting

ava

ilabi

lity.

B)

Use

a m

ultid

isci

plin

ary

team

to d

evel

op

guid

elin

es fo

r san

ctio

ns /

revo

catio

ns.

C)

Con

side

r the

use

of a

dmin

istra

tive

sanc

tions

in

lieu

of fo

rmal

revo

catio

ns, k

eepi

ng th

e le

ngth

of

sanc

tions

shor

t, as

tim

elin

ess o

f res

pons

e is

mor

e im

porta

nt th

an d

urat

ion.

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iona

l Pro

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Spe

cial

ist

Nat

iona

l Ins

titut

e of

Cor

rect

ions

, Com

mun

ity C

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ns D

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