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• Hot Best Practices Tool-Kits

  The Institute for Excellence in Justice has been very busy this week, catching up on posting the Best Practices Tool-Kits out of the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction's Ohio Institute on Correctional Best Practices. New on the site... Posted Dec 31 2007, 11:22 AM by Eileen Conway with | with no comments Filed under: What works, Sex offenders, Offender Employment, Evidence-Based Practices, Faith-Based Programs

• Georgia High Court Overturns Residency Restrictions on Sex Offenders

  In a unanimous decision , the Georgia Supreme Court struck down a state law that placed a ban on where registered sex offenders could reside. The law, one of the most restrictive in the nation, forbade registered sex offenders from "living within... Posted Nov 28 2007, 01:39 PM by CC Pro with | with no comments Filed under: Reentry, Legal issues, Sex offenders

• What Constitutes A "Good" Study, Part Deux

  The guidelines are posted! I previously wrote about Public Safety Canada's work in defining guidelines for evaluating research study quality, and the detailed guidelines are now online. While specifically addressing sexual offender treatment outcome... Posted Oct 24 2007, 09:59 AM by Eileen Conway with | with no comments Filed under: Research, What works, Sex offenders, Evaluation

• What Works With Juvenile Offenders? Plus, A Major Report on Sex Offenders

  The Washington State Institute for Public Policy has done it again, this time with a newly-posted report documenting six juvenile programs identified as evidence-based. Evidence-Based Juvenile Offender Programs: Program Description, Quality Assurance... Posted Sep 13 2007, 09:07 AM by Eileen Conway with | with no comments Filed under: What works, Sex offenders, Juvenile offenders

• What Constitutes a "Good" Study?

  In an era of evidence-based practices, the question of research quality should be on everyone's radar. The Canadian office, Public Safety Canada, is tackling this issue head-on. Although focusing on sexual offender treatment research, a new report... Posted Mar 28 2007, 09:27 AM by Eileen Conway with | with no comments Filed under: Research, What works, Sex offenders, Evaluation

• What Works in Assessing Sex Offender Recidivism Risk

  How does professional clinical judgment stack up against actuarial measures in assessing which sexual offenders will offend again? Canada's Public Safety department takes on this question in a new meta-analysis of evaluations. Results can be read... Posted Feb 26 2007, 09:52 AM by Eileen Conway with | with no comments Filed under: Research, Recidivism, Sex offenders

• Sex Offenders

  Welcome to DC Public Safety–radio and television shows on crime, criminal offenders and the criminal justice system. Please see http://media.csosa.gov for our radio shows. We welcome your comments and suggestions at leonard.sipes@csosa.gov. Today on DC... Posted Nov 17 2006, 02:52 PM by DC Public Safety (Video) Filed under: Sex offenders, Criminal Justice, Interviews with Staff