The Role of Problem-Solving Courts in Justice Reform

By |2022-06-01T13:43:38+00:00June 1st, 2022|Blog, Case Management for Supervision, Northpointe Suite, Specialty Courts, Supervision|

Far too often, people leave the criminal justice system with the same underlying health and behavioral challenges that contributed to their criminal offenses in the first place. That’s why problem-solving courts are designed to address these underlying problems. But how do we actively maintain all moving pieces to ensure their success?

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Get to Know The Northpointe Suite

By |2022-04-22T17:37:56+00:00April 22nd, 2022|Blog, Case Management for Supervision, Custody, Custody Management, Northpointe Suite, Northpointe Suite Custody Management, Supervision|

When you think about Northpointe, what comes to mind first? The COMPAS assessment? Our decision tree? Classification? There’s so much more to The Northpointe Suite.

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Aligning with Pretrial Standards? It May Be Time to Get Back to Basics

By |2022-05-09T17:21:23+00:00April 6th, 2022|Blog, Case Management for Supervision, Supervision|

As pretrial reform moves across the country, it’s important for agencies to align their processes with national standards, state requirements, and evidence-based practice.

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Localize Your Pretrial Decision-Making

By |2022-05-09T17:30:06+00:00March 11th, 2022|Blog, Case Management for Supervision, Custody, Custody Management, Northpointe Suite, Northpointe Suite Custody Management, Supervision|

Pretrial procedures, bail reform, release standards, and more are highly localized to your state and jurisdiction. Shouldn’t your pretrial technology be localized as well?

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EBP: Back to Basics

By |2022-01-27T09:05:30+00:00January 27th, 2022|Blog, Case Management for Supervision, Custody Management, Northpointe Suite, Supervision, Supervision Case Management|

If you’re like many of our clients, you spend so much time elbow-deep in evidence-based practice (EBP) that when it comes time to train a new team member or refresh your processes, it’s hard to separate the theory from the practice.

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Behind-the-Scenes: The Making of the COMPAS-R Core

By |2022-01-06T16:16:09+00:00January 6th, 2022|Blog, Case Management for Supervision, Custody, Custody Management, Northpointe Suite, Supervision, Supervision Case Management|

Have you ever wondered how risk and needs assessments (RNAs) are developed? Let’s take a behind-the-scenes look at our newest RNA, the COMPAS-R Core.

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Meet the Team: Tina Gensler, Northpointe Product Implementation Specialist

By |2021-12-02T14:32:24+00:00December 1st, 2021|Blog, Case Management for Supervision, Northpointe Suite, Supervision|

Tina Gensler, a 21-year veteran of the Wisconsin DOC, now helps other agencies use the tools that assist in effective case management practices. Get to know her and her role at equivant.

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Inter-Rater Reliability: Ask Us Anything

By |2021-11-03T17:33:25+00:00November 1st, 2021|Blog, Case Management for Supervision, COMPAS, Northpointe Suite, Supervision|

Ensuring inter-rater reliability is an essential part of any agency’s QA process, & it’s also frequently left out because teams aren’t sure how or why to check for it.

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Pre-Trial vs. Post-Conviction: Let’s Keep it Simple

By |2021-10-13T14:34:24+00:00October 13th, 2021|Blog, Case Management for Supervision, COMPAS, Custody, Northpointe Suite, Pretrial, Supervision|

Pre-trial and post-conviction: The approach is different, the requirements are different, the reporting is different, the individual’s needs are different, and your agency’s needs are different. What stays the same? Your team.

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Meet the Team: Erin King, Customer Success Manager

By |2021-10-01T12:38:53+00:00September 23rd, 2021|Blog, Case Management for Supervision, Northpointe Suite, Supervision|

Erin King, Customer Success Manager at Northpointe, spent most of her career helping people get their lives back on track as a probation and parole officer, training and mentoring other supervision professionals, and implementing evidence-based practice into her jurisdiction and around the country.

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