Program Quality and Performance Measurement

Reentry Programs and the Researchers Who Evaluate Them: What It Takes to Build an Effective Partnership

September 17, 2018

CSG Justice Center staff spoke with four Second Chance Act Innovations in Reentry Initiative grantees about their experiences fostering effective partnerships between criminal justice practitioners and the researchers evaluating their programs. These programs span the country and the justice system, serving clients within courts, prisons, jails, and in the community.

Vermont’s Statewide Recidivism Reduction Strategy: Highlights and Progress

October 16, 2018

Following four principles of corrections system improvement—organizational development, use of risk and needs assessments, quality improvement, and data collection and management—states like Vermont participate in SRR in an effort to reduce the likelihood of recidivism for every person under correctional supervision.

Applying Data to Decision-Making: Dr. Patrick Hynes

Dr. Hynes has managed and overseen a number of grant programs related to recidivism reduction (including two Second Chance Act (SCA) grants) that were funded by the U.S. Department of Justice and the National Institutes of Health. He recently visited the CSG Justice Center to speak to new SCA grantees about smart approaches to managing their grants.

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Reentry Programs and the Researchers Who Evaluate Them: What It Takes to Build an Effective Partnership

Vermont’s Statewide Recidivism Reduction Strategy: Highlights and Progress

Applying Data to Decision-Making: Dr. Patrick Hynes

Webinars

Planning for Sustainability: Supporting Community-Based Reentry Programs

Identifying Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Criminal and Juvenile Justice Systems through Data Collection

Measuring and Using Juvenile Recidivism Data to Inform Policy, Practice, and Resource Allocation