July 2006 - Posts

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• Interested in Innovative Programs Our Neighbors to the North are trying out?

  Filed under: International Flavors

  The Canadians have chosen two cities to benefit from the Integrated Police/Parole Initiative. This innovative partnership hires police officers to be community corrections liaison officers . The officers monitor high risk and high need offenders that have transitioned back to the community. Another interesting partnership is the Community Forum Program... Read More » Posted Jul 28 2006, 10:30 AM by Peggy L. Ritchie | 3,906 views

• NIDA Publishes "Principles of Drug Abuse Treatment for Criminal Populations"

  Filed under: Drugs/Alcohol

  NIDA just published " Principles of Drug Abuse Treatment for Criminal Populations " . You can review these principles in depth: Addiction is a Brain Disease Recovery Takes Time Length of Treatment Critical Assessment Responsivity Issues Monitor Drug Use Criminal Thinking Patterns Addressed Agency Collaboration Read More » Posted Jul 27 2006, 09:11 AM by Peggy L. Ritchie | 4,365 views

• Second Chance Act Passed in the House Judiciary

  Filed under: Reentry

  The House Judiciary Committee marked up H.R. 1704, The Second Chance Act, for the third Wednesday in a row and reported the bill out favorably with bipartisan support. This means that the bill can now be presented to the House as a whole. The bill allocates $176 million for a variety of programs for ex-offenders. Representative Robert Portman (R-Ohio... Read More » Posted Jul 26 2006, 03:37 PM by Peggy L. Ritchie | 3,719 views

• NIJ and the US Department of Health Release: "Synthetic Drug Control Strategy: A Focus on Methamphetamine and RX Drug Abuse"

  Filed under: Drugs/Alcohol

  NIJ, the US Department of Health, and the Executive Office of the President, Office of National Drug Control Policy on June 1, 2006 released the Administration's strategy for responding to the illicit use and production of methamphetamine and non-medical use of controlled substance prescription drugs. The goal is to reduce the illicit use of both... Read More » Posted Jul 24 2006, 11:33 AM by Peggy L. Ritchie | 4,385 views

• Over 39,000 Foreign Nationals Are Housed in US Prisons: What are the costs? Language Barriers? Consular Notification Processes?

  Filed under: International Flavors

  The Corrections Compendium published a national survey on Foreign Inmates in March/April of 2006. Thirty-six (36) systems and four (4) Canadian systems responded. The survey includes costs, policy directives to work with foreign populations, language barriers, and release information. This document is published by ACA . Other resources include the following... Read More » Posted Jul 24 2006, 09:36 AM by Peggy L. Ritchie | 3,450 views

• Do you consider yourself a futurist? Interested in Global Trends in Technology in the Future?

  Futurists continue to follow trends of many types- including technology. RAND has just published " The Global Technology Revolution 2020, Executive Summary: Bio/Nano/Materials/Information Trends, Drivers, Barriers, and Social Implications." The National Intelligence Council sponsored this study. The authors sampled 29 countries across scientific fields... Read More » Posted Jul 21 2006, 10:14 AM by Peggy L. Ritchie | 3,933 views

• Looking for the Latest Resources on Women Offenders?

  Filed under: Women Offenders

  The female incarceration rates are out pacing male offenders in most jurisdictions. NIC 's Information Center has an updated " Annotated Bibliography on Women Offenders: Prisons, Jails, Community Corrections, and Juvenile Justice". The resource list includes references from 2001-2006 that are available online. The links are not activated... Read More » Posted Jul 19 2006, 06:51 PM by Peggy L. Ritchie | 4,624 views

• Are you working on long term strategies for a systematic approach to criminal justice in your jurisdiction? A new guide is available based on NIC's goals to assist the field

  Filed under: National Institute of Corrections

  Getting It Right-Collaborative Problem Solving for Criminal Justice , published in June of 2006, provides guidance to activities, methods, and tools necessary to address in detail criminal justice system assessment and planning and the process and strategies for change. This work, completed by the Center for Effective Public Policy , was a multiyear... Read More » Posted Jul 19 2006, 05:38 PM by Peggy L. Ritchie | 3,731 views

• NIC and The Moss Group Launch new PREA bulletin "Staff Perspectives-Sexual Violence in Adult Prisons & Jails"

  Filed under: National Institute of Corrections

  National prison and jail focus groups provide the foundation for the first volume of "Staff Perspectives-Sexual Violence in Adult Prisons & Jails". This series of bulletins will assist the field in developing relevant knowledge about sexual assault in prisons and jails. The key findings of these focus groups include: staff views on policy... Read More » Posted Jul 17 2006, 02:02 PM by Peggy L. Ritchie | 5,944 views

• Methamphetamine Abuse: The New Addiction Continues to Challenge All Criminal Justice Agencies and Local Communities

  Filed under: Drugs/Alcohol

  The epidemic of methamphetamine use is no longer a regional American issue. The addiction itself, and community responses to the users and distributors, pose unique treatment needs and law enforcement strategies. The U.S. Department of Justice and other national agencies such as the National Associations of Counties (see Meth Action Clearinghouse) continue... Read More » Posted Jul 17 2006, 01:12 PM by Peggy L. Ritchie | 3,594 views

• Reentry Research and Best Practice Links; International Association of Reentry sets 2007 Conference Date

  Filed under: Reentry

  Research on what's working for reentry is beginning to show its face; outcome studies include successful strategies as well as some that are not working. What do we know to date and where is the research coming from? Best Practice Links at the International Association of Reentry : 2007 Conference scheduled for March 18-21 in Baltimore, Maryland... Read More » Posted Jul 10 2006, 11:23 AM by Peggy L. Ritchie | 6,503 views