U.S. Department of Justice

Correctional Policy: Preparing for EBPs

Publication year: 2010 | Cataloged on: Mar. 31, 2010

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ANNOTATION: Are you looking for a presentation that explains why evidence-based practices (EBPs) are applicable to the field of corrections? Let professor Taxman provide the answers to you. Topics discussed include: what is the point of this exercise?—the first question to ask; what works for offenders; the quest for EBPs; why EBPs are important; the challenge—using EBPs; national survey of their use; the importance of type of reform efforts; what matters in the adoption of EBPs; factors to improve networkness; end goal; and the failure to define the mission of corrections to include EBPs and service orientation impacts.
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