Needs vs. Risks: It’s a Balancing Act
Rather than thinking about risk management and corrective intervention as competing ideologies, it’s time to start thinking about them as different approaches that work together to enhance success.
Overcrowding: Are we talking about the right things?
All justice reforms have to be a collaborative effort. When states approach overcrowding not just from the supervision side, but also from the legislative side, they see very positive results.
Mental Health: Prosecutors Driving Big Change in Rural America
Prosecutor Jonathan Meyer and the team in Lewis County, Wash., are working to keep people with serious mental illnesses out of jail and in contact with the community resources they need.
Risk Scores: The Not-So-Secret Recipe
If it seems like the COMPAS risk assessment uses a healthy dose of mystery and secret sauce to arrive at risk scores, let’s talk.
Measures for Justice: Stories of Data in Action
Hear stories about data research at Measures for Justice and get advice for how your agency can start moving toward greater transparency and positive change.
Paul Wormeli on Data, Technology, and the Collaboration that Makes it Work
Host Sue Humphreys talks with Paul Wormeli on how Integration and collaboration are key to solving justice problems.
The No. 1 Time-Saver Most Agencies Miss
It’s time to re-think your assessment strategy. Even the most assessment-savvy agencies are losing precious minutes on non-essential assessment questions, and saving your team that extra five or more minutes is easier than you think.
Risk Level vs. Supervision Level: Common Misconceptions
Risk level and supervision level don’t match up on a clean 1:1 basis, and it’s up to supervision professionals to understand the nuances of each to make appropriate supervision decisions.
Problem-Solving Courts: Show Us the Money
Treatment courts are the single most successful intervention in our nation’s history for leading people living with substance use and mental health disorders out of the justice system and into lives of recovery and stability.
How the CSG Justice Center is ‘Stepping Up’ for Behavioral Health
Host Sue Humphreys talks with Ayesha Delany-Brumsey of the Council of State Governments (CSG) Justice Center and Stepping Up Initiative to examine health issues in the justice system and what’s making a difference.