American Correctional Association (ACA)
Using Data and Science to Understand the Impact of COVID–19 on Corrections
Female Reentry and Gender-Responsive Programming: Recommendations for Policy and Practice
The Importance of Addressing Organizational Stress Among Corrections Officers
The Data-Informed Jail
A data-informed approach to managing jails can yield benefits in key functional areas.
Confine the Worst and Manage the Rest: Considering a Shift in Criminal Justice Spending
New "Boys" on the Block: A Study of Prison Inmates Under the Age of 18
ALARM: Making Life-Safety Code Compliance Efficient and Easy
Developing a Vulnerability-Assessment Process for Corrections
Corrections Technology Committee: A Valuable Resource for Practitioners
Workforce Issues in Corrections
Solutions in Corrections: Using Evidence-based Knowledge
Professor Ed Latessa describes how his team and he assessed more than 550 programs and saw the best and the worst. Professor Latessa shared his lessons learned and examples of states that are trying to use evidence-based knowledge to improve correctional programs.
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Sex Offenders in the Community: Post-Release, Registration, Notification and Residency Restrictions
The management of sexual offenders in the community post-release is an issue of increasing concern to law enforcement, policymakers and the public. In recent years, efforts to strengthen registration and notification have been enhanced. At the same time, comparatively little attention has been paid to related matters, such as how residency restrictions may impact offenders' efforts to find stable work and living arrangements once they are released from prison, whether rates of recidivism have changed, and whether these policies increase the safety of potential victims.