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Managing the operations of a large jail requires a unique set of tools and vision for daily operations that smaller jails cannot emulate. Recognizing the difference, NIC offer...

In addition to receiving traditional classroom instruction, participants in Operational Practices in the Management of Women’s Prisons will explore the operation of a women’s ...

Jail administrators have significant responsibility and liability in ensuring that jail operations are conducted safely, securely, legally, and humanely. This 36-hour program ...

This revised blended learning program, with combined independent and on-site activities will total approximately 40 hours over the course of a year. Incorporated into the cour...

The Offender Employment Retention Specialist Training (OERS) combines motivational interviewing techniques with cognitive behavioral principles to teach practitioners how to i...

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The relationship between the failure of sex offenders to register following release from prison and reoffending, whether sexually or non-sexually, is examined. This is achieve...

Sexual homicide is a rare occurrence. Little is known about the offending perspective of sexual homicide from a criminological standpoint According to [an] integrative model,...

In this bulletin, the authors describe 10 guidelines for community supervision professionals who regularly work with underage drinkers. These guidelines are derived from evide...

This article “highlights the findings of a program evaluation that used post-release outcome information, among other sources, to determine the impact of the National Institut...

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Join this free webinar from the Office on Women s Health The Handbook on Sensitive Practice for Health Care Practitioners: Lessons from Adult Survivors of Childhood Sexual...

From the NC4YC Website: The National Center for Youth in Custody (NC4YC) invites you to participate in our next installment in a series of webinars focusing on improving the...

Eau Claire County, Wisconsin is one of seven sites for the National Institute of Correction s Evidence-Based Decision Making Project. Now in it s third phase, the purpose o...

by Michael R. Jones, Senior Project Associate, Pretrial Justice Institute, Washington, D.C. What makes some local criminal justice coordinating committees (CJCCs) so effec...

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Apex, from the Latin root, means peak or summit. Geographically, the apex is the highest possible point you can reach. Isn t that what you want for your organization? NIC s...

On Feb. 20th, the National Institute of Corrections (NIC) will be hosting a live 3-hour broadcast which will take a closer look at areas introduced in the first broadcast wi...

Course Description: Offender workforce development programs should target offenders at high risk for recidivism, address the dynamic influences that predict crime, and pr...

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1992	Briefing Paper: Regional Jails National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). National Institute of Corrections Information Center (Boulder, CO); LIS, Inc. (Boulder, CO). Based on a national jail survey, this briefing paper identifies 15 regional jails. Authors also describe seven organizational structures for regional jails and discuss issues related to the implementation of a multijurisdictional jail. Among the topics addressed are: implementation obstacles, effective planning strategies, and advantages of regional jails.... Read More	3 p.
1991	Setting the Jail Research Agenda for the 1990s: Proceedings from a Special Meeting By Mays, G. Larry, ed.. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). The proceedings summarize a meeting in which eleven practitioners and twelve researchers came together to discuss jail research needs and priorities. Presentations address issues such as special populations, drug use in jails, the need for research on jail assaults, jail litigation trends, computer simulation applications, regional jails, and jail crowding.... Read More	88 p.

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1992

Briefing Paper: Regional Jails

National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). National Institute of Corrections Information Center (Boulder, CO); LIS, Inc. (Boulder, CO).

Based on a national jail survey, this briefing paper identifies 15 regional jails. Authors also describe seven organizational structures for regional jails and discuss issues related to the implementation of a multijurisdictional jail. Among the topics addressed are: implementation obstacles, effective planning strategies, and advantages of regional jails.... Read More

3 p.

1991

Setting the Jail Research Agenda for the 1990s: Proceedings from a Special Meeting

By Mays, G. Larry, ed.. National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC). National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC).

The proceedings summarize a meeting in which eleven practitioners and twelve researchers came together to discuss jail research needs and priorities. Presentations address issues such as special populations, drug use in jails, the need for research on jail assaults, jail litigation trends, computer simulation applications, regional jails, and jail crowding.... Read More

88 p.

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