Prison Issues in the Criminal Justice Field : National Institute of Corrections

Interested in Collaboration Strategies? Just another trend?

Peggy L. Ritchie — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 14:54:00 GMT

The National Institute of Corrections supported the development of "Collaboration: A Training Curriculum to Enhance the Effectiveness of Criminal Justice Teams: Instructional Manual", by the State Justice Institute (site takes some time to download, so be patient). It contains:

Assistance in establishing collaborative relationships for multi-disciplinary criminal justice teams
Definitions and concepts
Values and Vision
Problem Identification
Mission
American history of collaboration and more...

Systems thinking and collaboration are necessary for 21st Century survival and funding. Agree? Disagree?

You'll also see other resources related to teams on this page

Do you want to know how to integrate surveillance data on infectious diseases? And more...

Peggy L. Ritchie — Tue, 05 Sep 2006 18:58:00 GMT

Welcome back and I hope you had a great holiday weekend.. Our Weekly Digest includes:

Managing your health care data for disease reporting

NIC's Service Plan for 2006-2007 is released...
"The Criminal Effect of Meth on Communities: A 2006 Survey of U.S. Counties" from the National Association of Counties
Michigan's Prisoner ReEntry Initiative Extensive, get the details...
NEW from NIC: Gender-Responsive Strategies for Women Offenders-Women's Justice Services in Cook County, Illinois

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

Peggy L. Ritchie — Wed, 19 Jul 2006 23:38:00 GMT

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 project that brought together several of NIC's major goals to assist the field. This effort emerged as NIC began to assist criminal justice policymakers in developing coordinated, cost-effective, and rational criminal justice sanctions designed to increase public safety. This guide will provide you a framework for:

Envisioning a desired future for your criminal justice system.
Assessing your current criminal justice system.
Planning and implementing strategies to achieve your vision.
How to use a policy team process to achieve your goals.
Using valid data and information to guide policy.
Managing your system in a more rational manner.

Please share with each other strategies you've implemented that have proven successful in systemwide collaborations. Visit the Collaborative Justice website for more information.

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

Peggy L. Ritchie — Mon, 17 Jul 2006 20:02:00 GMT

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 and training, inmate culture, assault indicators, characteristics of victims and perpetrators, and much more.