Impact Evidence

Data documenting the effects of actions and whether desired objectives and goals have been reached.

A Corrections Workforce for the 21st Century
Date: June 2019
This article from Federal Probation discusses the need for future effective community supervision and how to advance officers by building a culture of effective practice beyond what, how, and why.

Low-risk Offenders Under Probation Supervision: Risk Management and the Risk-Needs-Responsivity Framework
Date: August 2018
This study by Jill Viglione and Faye Taxman explores the probation officer's perceptions on the use of telephonic supervision of low-risk probationers and how the officer attitudes impact the supervision and the tendency to over-supervise due to the perception of telephone monitoring and public safety.

internet-useCommunity Supervision in a Digital World, Challenges, and Opportunities
Date: 2021
This document provides the key findings from a virtual workshop held in June 2020 by the National Institute of Justice supported by the RAND Corporation in partnership with the University of Denver. It discusses challenges related to supervising individuals in an increasingly digital world. The findings include organizational issues, tools and training, policy and practice, legal and privacy concerns, and research.

Collateral Consequences Resource Center
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This website provides various resources on the collateral consequences of criminal conviction and the restoration of rights. Resources include current issues in the news, research, commentary, and tools to inform community corrections agencies and professionals.

Implementation Teams:  The Missing Link for Scaling and Sustain Effective Practice
Date: September 2020
This article discusses the requirements for effective and ongoing training of staff.

Adults-on-supervisionProbation and Parole in the United States, 2020
Date: December 2021
This report, produced from the Bureau of Justice Statistics Annual Probation Survey, Annual Parole Survey, and Federal Justice Statistics Program, outlines the collected data on the characteristics of adults placed on correctional supervision who were removed from supervision.

The NIJ Recidivism Forecasting Challenge: Contextualizing the Results
Date: February 2022
This National Institute of Justice study of the state of Georgia's demographic data of individuals released from incarceration and tested the data for probabilities of recidivism models of one, two, and three years after release.

Program Profile:  Arkansas Division of Community Correction Texting Protocol
Date: November 2022
This 2020 study from global business messaging provider MessageMedia and Marquis Software, a leading platform for Offender Management Systems, outlines the outcomes of text messaging appointment reminders for community supervision.

Beyond Correctional Quackery-Professionalism and the Possibility of Effective Treatment
Date: September 2002
This article from Federal Probation reminds practitioners of the eight principles of effective correctional intervention and is helpful for practitioners to revisit.

Revocations for Failure to Comply with Supervision Conditions and Sentencing Outcomes
Date: June 2022
This issue from "Just the Facts" is a feature that highlights issues and trends in the Judiciary based on data collected by the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts (AO). This issue highlights supervision data and results.

Pretrial Research Summaries | Advancing Pretrial Policy & Research (APPR)
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Advancing Pretrial Policy and Research is a resource guide and website providing pretrial research summaries on a variety of pretrial topics which examine the effectiveness of pretrial practices.  The wide range of topics is continually reviewed and updated as research is available.  New training and webinars are also included on this site.