Intensive Supervision Probation

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Geoffrey C. Barnes ◽  
Jordan M. Hyatt
Keyword(s):  
Research Interest ◽  
Community Supervision ◽  
Criminal Offenders ◽  
Philosophical Foundations ◽  
Intensive Supervision ◽  
Technical Violations ◽  
Criminogenic Needs ◽  
Intensive Supervision Probation ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
And Control

Intensive Supervision Probation (ISP) is a form of community supervision that employs smaller caseloads, more frequent contacts, and a variety of other mechanisms to increase the level of surveillance and control for those on criminal probation. While this approach has seen successive waves of research interest, the evidence on its effectiveness seems relatively disappointing. Most existing studies have shown that ISP produces very little reduction in recidivism, while also being more costly to deliver. In addition, ISP’s surveillance mechanisms result in more frequent detection of technical violations, leading to a greater use of incarceration. Despite these disappointing findings, however, there is some potential for ISP to be used in a positive way. Recent developments in assessing both the risk of offending and the criminogenic needs of individual probationers, combined with shifts in the philosophical foundations of community supervision, suggest that ISP could prove to be a useful and productive tool when targeted at the most advantageous population of criminal offenders.

Using Police Officers to Enhance the Supervision of Juvenile Probationers: An Evaluation of the Anchorage CAN Program

2002 ◽  
Vol 48 (1) ◽  
pp. 116-137 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew J. Giblin
Keyword(s):  
Police Officers ◽  
Police Department ◽  
Juvenile Probation ◽  
Intensive Supervision ◽  
Technical Violations ◽  
Intensive Supervision Probation ◽  
Juvenile Probationers

This study presents an evaluation of the Anchorage Coordinated Agency Network (CAN) program. The program combined the capacities of both the Anchorage Police Department and the Anchorage Office of Juvenile Probation to enhance the overall levels of supervision that juvenile probationers received. Consistent with research from intensive supervision literature, the CAN evaluation found that juveniles participating in the program were more likely to have new technical violations but no more likely to have new charges when comparedto juveniles on regular probation. These findings support intensive supervision probation literature suggesting that increased supervision and surveillance lead to increased levels of probation violations.

An Experimental Evaluation of the Impact of Intensive Supervision on the Recidivism of High-Risk Probationers

2016 ◽  
Vol 63 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-38 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jordan M. Hyatt ◽  
Geoffrey C. Barnes
Keyword(s):  
Survival Analysis ◽  
High Risk ◽  
Experimental Evaluation ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Intensive Supervision ◽  
Offense Type ◽  
Technical Violations ◽  
Intensive Supervision Probation ◽  
Home Visitations ◽  
The Impact

This article reports the results of an experimental evaluation of the impact of Intensive Supervision Probation (ISP) on probationer recidivism. Participants, who were assessed at an increased likelihood of committing serious crimes and not ordered to specialized supervision, were randomly assigned to ISP ( n = 447) or standard probation ( n = 385). ISP probationers received more restrictive supervision and experienced more office contacts, home visitations, and drug screenings. After 12 months, there was no difference in offending. This equivalence holds across multiple types of crimes, including violent, non-violent, property, and drug offenses, as well as in a survival analysis conducted for each offense type. ISP probationers absconded from supervision, were charged with technical violations, and were incarcerated at significantly higher rates. Policy implications for these results are discussed.

Evaluating Intensive Supervision Probation/Parole (ISP) for Drug Offenders

1992 ◽  
Vol 38 (4) ◽  
pp. 539-556 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan Turner ◽  
Joan Petersilia ◽  
Elizabeth Piper Deschenes
Keyword(s):  
Drug Testing ◽  
Study Groups ◽  
Santa Fe ◽  
Drug Offenders ◽  
Intensive Supervision ◽  
Technical Violations ◽  
Des Moines ◽  
Drug Counseling ◽  
Randomized Field Experiment ◽  
Intensive Supervision Probation

This article reports results from a recently completed randomized field experiment testing the effects of intensive supervision probation/parole (ISP) for drug-involved offenders. The ISP demonstration project, funded by the Bureau of Justice Assistance, included five jurisdictions: Contra Costa, California; Seattle, Washington; Des Moines, Iowa; Santa Fe, New Mexico; and Winchester, Virginia. Jurisdictions developed ISP programs tailored to their own contexts, using the general ISP model developed by Georgia and New Jersey in the early 1980s. Results show that ISP offenders were seen more often, submitted more often to drug testing, received more drug counseling, and had higher levels of employment than their counterparts on routine probation/parole supervision. With respect to 1-year recidivism outcomes, a higher proportion of ISP offenders had technical violations (primarily for drug use), but there was no difference between the two study groups in new criminal arrests. At the end of the 1-year follow-up, more ISP offenders had been placed in jail or prison (mostly for technical violations). This policy drove up system costs, which for ISP averaged just under $8,000 per year per offender versus about $5,500 per year per offender for routine supervision. The article concludes with a discussion of how these results can be used to inform future ISP research and policy discussions.

scholarly journals Veterinary Parasitology – recent developments in immunology, epidemiology and control

Parasitology ◽  
2000 ◽  
Vol 120 (7) ◽  
pp. 1-1
Author(s):  
RICHARD J. MARTIN ◽  
HENK D. F. H. SCHALLIG ◽  
L. H. CHAPPELL
Keyword(s):  
Field Of Study ◽  
Veterinary Parasitology ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
And Control

There have been important developments in the field of veterinary parasitology over the last few years. This symposium was called to collect individuals together, who have made significant contributions to their field of study, to present and summarize their work.I would like to pause for a moment before introducing the Symposium in this preface to comment on the sad loss of Professor Peter Nansen, a particularly eminent Danish scientist who developed our field of study. I, like many others, remember him with affection. He was a very helpful colleague and outstanding leader of the Danish Centre for Experimental Parasitology, Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Frederiksberg C. We are all saddened by his death and will continue to carry our memories of him with us.

A Dual Experiment in Intensive Community Supervision: Minnesota's Prison Diversion and Enhanced Supervised Release Programs

1995 ◽  
Vol 75 (3) ◽  
pp. 330-356 ◽  
Author(s):  
ELIZABETH PIPER DESCHENES ◽  
SUSAN TURNER ◽  
JOAN PETERSILIA
Keyword(s):  
Public Safety ◽  
Field Experiments ◽  
Community Supervision ◽  
Diversion Program ◽  
Intensive Supervision ◽  
National Institute Of Justice ◽  
Supervised Release

In 1990, Minnesota enacted legislation to implement an intensive community supervision program as an alternative both to prison and to routine parole. The National Institute of Justice funded RAND to evaluate the program. This article reports on two randomized field experiments designed to measure the implementation and impact of the programs. Detailed information on offender background, services received, and 1-year outcomes was collected for 300 participants. Results showed that the programs were fairly well implemented. Two-year follow-up results indicated that prison-diversion offenders under intensive community supervision posed no greater risk to public safety than those initially sentenced to prison. The prison-diversion program resulted in savings of about $5,000 per offender per year, but these savings were offset by the greater cost of intensive supervision for parolees.

The Impact of a Community Supervision Officer Training Program on Client Outcomes: A Propensity Score Modeling Analysis by Officer Training Dosage

2020 ◽  
pp. 009385482098078
Author(s):  
Ryan M. Labrecque ◽  
Jill Viglione
Keyword(s):  
Staff Training ◽  
Community Supervision ◽  
Client Outcomes ◽  
Officer Training ◽  
Evidence Based Practices ◽  
Technical Violations ◽  
Modeling Analysis ◽  
Standard Training ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Training Dosage

A growing body of research indicates officer training in correctional supervision programs is associated with improved use of evidence-based practices and lower rates of client recidivism. This scholarship also suggests larger reductions in recidivism can be achieved when officers implement program skills with higher quality. Despite their potential, research has shown standard training regiments alone are not sufficient in making all participants proficient users of skills. There is a need to determine what intensity of training produces the best results. In response, this study assessed the impact of federal probation officer training dosage in the Staff Training Aimed at Reducing Re-arrest (STARR) program on the outcomes of their clients. The results indicated clients of STARR-trained officers had fewer probation revocations and new arrests but more technical violations and positive drug tests. We also found clients supervised by officers with more versus less exposure to the STARR model had better outcomes.

Internal and Consulting Information Flows in the Process of Knowledge Accumulation

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-36 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wiliam Acar ◽  
Rami al-Gharaibeh
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Creation ◽  
Practical Applications ◽  
Seci Model ◽  
Top Managers ◽  
Deductive Synthesis ◽  
Proposed Model ◽  
Control Framework ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
And Control ◽  
Knowledge Hierarchy

Practical applications of knowledge management are hindered by a lack of linkage between the accepted data-information-knowledge hierarchy with using pragmatic approaches. Specifically, the authors seek to clarify the use of the tacit-explicit dichotomy with a deductive synthesis of complementary concepts. The authors review appropriate segments of the KM/OL literature with an emphasis on the SECI model of Nonaka and Takeuchi. Looking beyond equating the sharing of knowledge with mere socialization, the authors deduce from more recent developments a knowledge creation, nurturing and control framework. Based on a cyclic and upward-spiraling data-information-knowledge structure, the authors' proposed model affords top managers and their consultants opportunities for capturing, debating and storing richer information – as well as monitoring their progress and controlling their learning process.

scholarly journals Social media and the spread of COVID-19 conspiracy theories in Nigeria

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 432-437
Author(s):  
Sarah Gambo ◽  
Woyopwa Shem
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Subject Matter ◽  
Research Interest ◽  
Conspiracy Theories ◽  
The Social ◽  
Recent Outbreak ◽  
Social Media Platforms ◽  
The Subject ◽  
National Orientation ◽  
And Control

Background: Amidst the recent outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic, there seems to be an avalanche of conspiracy theories that abound on social media platforms, and this subject attracted a lot of research interest. This study aimed to examine the "social media and the spread Covid-19 conspiracy theories in Nigeria" in light of the above.  Methods: The study adopted a qualitative design in order to explore the subject matter thoroughly. Thirty-five participants were conveniently sampled, and interviews were conducted to retrieved data from the participants. Results: Findings of this study revealed that there is a prevalence of conspiracy theories that have saturated social media ever since the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic. It was also found that ignorance, religious fanaticism, lack of censorship, and insufficient counter information on social media platforms are some of the possible factors that aided the spread of Covid-19 conspiracy theories among Nigerian social media users. Conclusion: This study recommends, among other things, that there is a swift need to curtail the spread of conspiracy theories through consistent dissemination of counter-information by both individuals and agencies like the National Orientation Agency (NOA) and the Nigerian Centre for Disease and Control (NCDC).

scholarly journals Epigenetic Aspects of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

2011 ◽  
Vol 30 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 77-87 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ulrike Schmidt ◽  
Florian Holsboer ◽  
Theo Rein
Keyword(s):  
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder ◽  
Posttraumatic Stress ◽  
Stress Disorder ◽  
Treatment Options ◽  
Adverse Life Events ◽  
Genome Wide ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
Covalent Modifications ◽  
Genetic And Environmental Factors ◽  
And Control

Development of psychiatric diseases such as posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) invokes, as with most complex diseases, both genetic and environmental factors. The era of genome-wide high throughput technologies has sparked the initiation of genotype screenings in large cohorts of diseased and control individuals, but had limited success in identification of disease causing genetic variants. It has become evident that these efforts at the genomic level need to be complemented with endeavours in elucidating the proteome, transcriptome and epigenetic profiles. Epigenetics is attractive in particular because there is accumulating evidence that the lasting impact of adverse life events is reflected in certain covalent modifications of the chromatin.In this review, we outline the characteristics of PTSD as a stress-related disease and survey recent developments revealing epigenetic aspects of stress-related disorders in general. There is also increasing direct evidence for gene programming and epigenetic components in PTSD. Finally, we discuss treatment options in the light of recent discoveries of epigenetic mechanisms of psychotropic drugs.

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