http://nicic.org/Features/Library/?CORP=National%20Institute%20of%20CorrectionsThe latest electronic resources added to the online library.This document provides information regarding enacting state, statute number, statute title, coverage, definitions and notes, penalties, and applicability to youth for criminal laws prohibiting the abuse of individuals by their caregivers.http://nicic.org/Library/0238036/25/2009 9:30:17 AMThe government deploys thousands of valuable corrections employees to serve the country each year. Thus, it is in the best interest of correctional agencies to be proactive in establishing programs that ease the process of deployment and the employees’ return to work. This 3-hour program, originally broadcast May 13, 2009, will address strategies to help manage the effect of these deployments on an organization by accessing existing programs and resources. Participants will be able to: raise awareness of how military service members’ deployment and subsequent return to work affect your agency; address operational issues unique to the correctional setting; recognize why retaining and recruiting military service members makes good business sense; identify successful strategies and promising practices; and increase awareness of existing resources and programs for your military service employees.http://nicic.org/Library/0236996/9/2009 3:15:27 PMBudget reductions don’t discriminate. Correctional agencies are being hit hard in these tough economic times with no relief from mandates. Prisons, jails, and community corrections are all faced with increasing workloads, combined with diminishing resources. Amid the worsening financial crisis, there are opportunities to implement evidence-based strategies that can maximize resources while preserving public safety. This 3-hour program, originally broadcast April 15, 2009, will provide an overview of opportunities that can correctional organizations stay afloat in the current environment. Participants will be able to: explore the events and decisions that have contributed to the current fiscal crisis facing corrections; identify strategies for successfully managing operations with evidence-based practices; describe safe, effective criminal justice models that maximize resources while maintaining public safety; and identify partnerships for accessing community resources that can help corrections address challenges.http://nicic.org/Library/0236986/9/2009 3:14:04 PM"This paper presents the concept of 'The Six Moving Parts of Correctional Employee Training,' a model for integrating strategy into the organization's approach to training" (p.1). Sections of this document are: introduction; overview of the model's components; moving part 1 -- organizational readiness; moving part 2 -- curriculum selection; moving part 3 -- delivery methodology; moving part 4 -- participant engagement; moving part 5 -- workplace reinforcement; moving part 6 -- impact evaluation; political sidebar -- why correctional training is traditionally under-resourced; and summary.http://nicic.org/Library/0237876/9/2009 2:21:37 PMStrategies for making women offender workplace development programs more responsive to their clients are explained. This 2-day training program, originally broadcast September 24-25, 2008, will enable participants to: introduce emerging evidence-based gender responsive practices; present information strategies and case management models; introduce career theories and assessment tools; discuss collaborative relationships that support effective reentry; provide answers for the questions asked by women returning to the workforce; discuss how a history of criminal convictions impacts job search efforts; and discuss and present available resources and training options. Specific topics covered include: course introduction; gender responsive principles and strategies; gender matters; what the research says; pathways to offending; know the population; more guiding principles; Women Offender Case Management Model (WOCMM); understanding the women one works with; strengths of female offenders; needs of female offenders; motivational interviewing; relational language; career theories and assessment tools; career rainbow; skills and interests; transitional and social learning theories; impact of criminal convictions; resources; weaving gender responsivity into the fabric of what one does; what is in it for the system and staff; pains of imprisonment; assessment classification and gender responsive tools; examples of best practices; partnerships and pathways; and closing thoughts.http://nicic.org/Library/0235484/24/2009 11:27:02 AMEmployment is a critical factor in successful reentry. Career assistance, life skills, and job training prior to release from jails or prisons increases the likelihood of success as individuals reenter the community. This, in conjunction with support from employers, social agencies, and faith-based community organizations, provides the foundation for individuals to remain in society and contribute to the community as productive citizens. At the end of this broadcast, participants will understand the: benefits of correctional industries and workforce development; social and economic values of correctional industries; need to strike a balance between competing interests; relationships among workforce development, community organizations, and correctional industries; relationship between evidence-based practices and offender employment; and workforce development competencies and available training resources.http://nicic.org/Library/0232554/24/2009 11:24:00 AMCollaboration within today’s multigenerational workplace gets everybody involved with a common goal. Today’s workforce poses both challenges and opportunities for agency leaders. Developing effective strategies to recruit, communicate, train, retain, and lead staff is essential to high performance. Topics discussed during this 3-hour program will include the following: appreciating the strengths and weaknesses of each generation in the workplace; recognizing the relationship between generational differences and an agency’s culture; taking an inventory of your agency--the questions you need to ask to gather a breakdown of generational numbers; understanding policy considerations; developing partnerships with other criminal justice agencies and academia; and developing strategies—including leadership development strategies— that ready your agency for the 21st century workforce. Vignettes and a PowerPoint presentation are also included.http://nicic.org/Library/0234254/24/2009 11:18:39 AMResults from focus group interviews of correctional personnel from 2 women's facilities (one jail and one prison) are reported. Observations are presented according to the following areas: summary of findings; staff perspectives on sexual assault in women's correctional facilities; knowledge about sexual assault; inmate reports of sexual violence; role of previous violence and institutional behavior; characteristics of vulnerable and predatory female inmates; staff sexual misconduct -- consequences, knowledge of policy, safety, inmate-initiated misconduct, risk factors, reporting, and false accusations; procedures for responding to sexual assault; staff training; staff recommendations; and conclusion.http://nicic.org/Library/0236974/23/2009 4:47:39 PM"This paper is the initial product of the work group [of six state directors of probation and parole] and summarizes its deliberations and findings" (p. 3). Sections of this document include: background; preamble; what PREA (Prison Rape Elimination Act) is and what it requires; what PREA requires of community corrections agencies and when; suggested practices in community corrections -- key points of discussion (i.e., systemic approach, law, policy, training, operational considerations, investigations, culture, and tools); current Bureau of Justice Statistics data collection and reporting requirements; and PREA operational considerations.http://nicic.org/Library/0236354/7/2009 10:58:58 AMThis monograph is “intended to strengthen and improve the dissemination of evidence-based rehabilitative technologies for offenders, within the multidisciplinary context of correctional treatment” (p.x). Sections of this document include: executive summary; introduction — effective clinical practices and the critical need for collaboration; what evidence-based practice (EBP) is; overarching principles of effective correctional treatment; common therapeutic factors — what works in treatment generally; specific evidence-based modalities for criminal justice clients; and conclusion—what have we lost. There are four appendixes: confidentiality in correctional treatment; the separate and complementary functions of corrections and treatment; coerced treatment; and quality assurance.http://nicic.org/Library/0233623/19/2009 2:30:40 PMThis paper “focus[es] primarily on those [evidence-based] intervention principles most likely to be encountered by the prosecution” (p.2). Sections following an executive summary are: introduction; prosecutorial duty; innovative research; evidence-based principles in prosecutorial practice and leadership; the need for systemic change; and conclusion.http://nicic.org/Library/0233613/19/2009 2:30:16 PM"The purpose of this paper is to introduce prison administrators and staff to an accumulated body of knowledge regarding correctional practice to enhance their management of their prisons" (p.1). Sections comprising this discussion paper are: introduction -- transition from prison to the community, effective correctional practice, overview of prison research findings for prison classification, and summary; an overview of prison classification and risk assessment – correctional programming, guidelines, staff, and impact; and prison realities -- organizational culture and priorities, staff recruitment and training, role of staff, additional considerations (such as gangs, drugs, threats, and extortion), excellence in prison practice, implications for correctional practice, anticipated goals and outcomes, integration with community corrections, and corporate accountability. Provided as appendixes are "Eight Evidence-Based Principles for Effective Practice: Linking to Prison-Based Corrections" and "Measuring Inmate Competencies."http://nicic.org/Library/0233603/19/2009 11:56:35 AM"[C]ritical legal principles applicable to defendants during the pretrial stage" are covered (p.3). Sections of this paper are: introduction and background; pretrial legal foundation -- presumption of innocence, right to counsel, right against self-incrimination, right to due process of law, right to equal protection under the law, right to bail that is not excessive, and summary of legal principles; evidence-based practices in pretrial services and community corrections; and summary and conclusions.http://nicic.org/Library/0233593/19/2009 11:56:12 AMThe reduction of recidivism by state judiciaries utilizing six principles of evidence-based practice (EBP) is explained. Seven sections follow an executive summary: introduction; current state sentencing policies and their consequences; drug courts -- the state judiciary's successful experiment with EBP; the principles of EBP; local sentencing and corrections policy reforms; state sentencing and corrections policy reforms; and conclusion. "[C]arefully targeted rehabilitation and treatment programs can reduce offender recidivism by conservative estimates of 10-20%" (p. 72).http://nicic.org/Library/0233583/19/2009 11:55:31 AM"This document will review the role of jails and incarceration within United States' correctional systems and propose opportunities for jail officials to interact and collaborate with local criminal justice entities with the shared purpose of enhancing long-term public safety" (p. ix). Sections following an abstract include: practice within corrections -- does it work as a system; corrections within the U.S. -- the current context; evidence-based practice -- the effectiveness of criminal sanctions; communicating within a social learning environment; offender classification -- to jail or not to jail; the work of jails -- high-risk offenders and their effect on public safety; organizational/system change -- the role of correctional leadership; high-risk offenders in jail transition programs; and conclusion/summary. Appendixes include: "An Example of a Successful Jail Transition Program: The Dutchess County Jail Transition Program [DCJTP]"; DCJTP 5-Week Plan -- Checklist; and DCJTP Plan for Transition form.http://nicic.org/Library/0233573/19/2009 11:55:06 AMDesigned to help juvenile justice agencies evaluate and respond to the needs of juvenile female offenders in their specific service delivery areas, this 38-hour course outlines a framework for translating expressed needs and profiles into appropriate programs and services. Eight sections comprise this manual: introduction; defining the context of juvenile female offender issues within the juvenile justice system; defining the context of juvenile female issues within your juvenile justice system; applying the female lens to your organization--addressing staffing issues; how to find and evaluate resources for your service delivery area; identifying risk factors in your programming and service world; how to address major risk factors in your service delivery area; how to evaluate your program and services; and supplemental material. This program is more about how to develop and program for girls in various juvenile justice settings, whereas "Services and Programs for Juvenile Female Offenders (NIC accession no. 017513) is primarily a primer on working with girls.http://nicic.org/Library/0210232/23/2009 2:30:47 PMThis 36-hour training program targets skills needed to effectively lead a juvenile corrections or detention facility. Modules contained in this manual are: creating our context for learning; the roles and functions of a juvenile facility director; exploring your leadership style; the impact of today's changing juvenile justice workforce; shaping your facility's vision, mission, values, and culture; addressing your facility's external environment; managing change; developing well being in yourself and others; and developing your individual project plan.http://nicic.org/Library/0212042/23/2009 2:29:47 PMInformation regarding the prevention of prison rape, be it offender on offender rape or staff sexual misconduct with offenders, is available at this website. Points of entry are: the Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003 (PREA); legal responses to prison rape; for correctional employees; for offenders; working with youth in custody; training; policies and procedures; resources (i.e., government reports, publications for legal and correctional professionals, advocacy group reports, law reviews and journals, media, and other resources in non-electronic formats only); in the news; links; staff biographies; and contact information.http://nicic.org/Library/0235432/12/2009 1:40:50 PMThis manual provides guidance that “will enable an agency staffing administrator to set up an agency staffing analysis unit and produce a staffing analysis report for an entire agency” (p.xi). Chapters contained in this publication are: introduction -- correctional staffing issues; securing staff deployment policy; two models for managing the security staffing function; agency staffing unit; basic tasks of a staffing analysis; orchestrating the staffing analysis; agency and facility characteristics that influence staffing; operations and activities schedules that influence staffing; developing the shift relief factor; security post planning; special guidelines for evaluating housing units; the impact of staff scheduling on staffing; staffing calculations; developing a staffing report; implementing recommendations and monitoring results; staffing considerations for women’s correctional facilities; and staffing considerations for medical and mental health units. Pertinent forms are also included.http://nicic.org/Library/0226672/9/2009 4:21:46 PMThis self-paced course will enable participants to "learn an appropriate initial response to sexual abuse or misconduct in a correctional facility . . . whether the assault was observed or reported directly or indirectly." Lessons comprising this training program are: course introduction; the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA); sexual abuse and the initial responder; the role of the initial responder; effective communication; the responder's role in the investigation; prevention; and course follow up.http://nicic.org/Library/0234481/28/2009 8:24:14 AMGuidance is provided to criminal defense attorneys concerning the use of evidence-based practices (EBP). Sections of this report include: executive summary; introduction; principles of EBP; the role of defense counsel as advocate in an EBP criminal justice system; the role of defense counsel as policy-maker; and conclusion.http://nicic.org/Library/0233561/13/2009 8:31:36 AMGuidance for those individuals "seeking to more effectively respond to the behavior and circumstances of the female offender" is offered (p. iv). An executive summary and the following four chapters comprise this manual: characteristics of women in the criminal justice system -- a descriptive summary; women offenders and criminal justice practice; the context of women's lives -- a multidisciplinary review of research and theory; and a new vision -- guiding principles for a gender-responsive criminal justice system. An appendix provides information regarding legal considerations with regard to women offenders.http://nicic.org/Library/01801712/11/2008 8:42:42 AMThese Guidelines “are meant to serve as a guide to assist recipients of awards from the National Institute of Corrections (NIC) in fulfilling their responsibilities for the management of cooperative agreements” (p.iv). This publication includes the following sections: introduction; financial and performance reports; general cooperative agreement administration; allowability of costs; accounting systems and financial records; and “Guidelines for Preparing and Submitting Manuscripts for Publication.”http://nicic.org/Library/02064610/9/2008 2:37:56 PMPersonal leadership practices are focused on during this 70-hour course. Modules comprising this manual are: the leadership experience -- values and vision; the leadership challenge and Leadership Practices Inventory (LPI) feedback; Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) and temperament; power and influence; strategic thinking; ethics and values; team building; and improving leadership performance through better nutrition and fitness.http://nicic.org/Library/02331710/9/2008 9:12:25 AMThe Transition from Jail to Community (TJC) initiative is described. “The TJC initiative is designed to advance coordinated and collaborative relations between jails and local communities to address reentry, leading to enhanced public safety, reduced recidivism, and improved individual reintegration processes” (p.1). Sections of this document are: introduction; jail transition—challenges and opportunities; the TJC model; system-level elements—leadership, vision, and organizational culture, collaboration and joint ownership, data-driven understanding of local reentry, targeted intervention strategies, and self-evaluation and sustainability; intervention-level elements—screening and assessment, transition plan, targeted interventions, and triage planning; and next steps.http://nicic.org/Library/02333110/9/2008 8:19:43 AM