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This year marks an important milestone for CSC’s Research Branch as the unit proudly celebrates 30 years of applied correctional research. Over the past 3 decades, CSC researchers have produced over 500 research publications and made important contributions to the field of corrections. The work of the Research Branch has helped shape the Canadian correctional model and continues to support, inform and influence decision making across all levels of the organization. Key to the unit’s function and contribution to the Service is the communication of research results in usable and understandable ways. In an applied correctional setting, it is helpful to think of research in practice as a process rather […]
(876.44 KB) | 19. June 2019 | Author: Aleksandar Admin
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In this document the DERAD project, leaded by the Triveneto Directorate of the Italian Ministry of Justice in cooperation with Agenfor Int’l Foundation and the whole DERAD consortium: FUNDEA, HFOeD, EI, CVUT, UNIGR and Romanian Ministry of Justice – has been identified as good practice for all member states.
(133.68 KB) | 19. June 2019 | Author: Council of the European Union
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Drawing on ICPR’s unique World Prison Brief database and research in ten countries across all five continents, the report highlights the serious public health risks caused by today’s unprecedented levels of prison overcrowding worldwide. Recent surges in prisoner numbers across much of the world have produced a global prison population of well over 11 million; and chronically overcrowded, under-resourced prisons. These are prisons, the report argues, in which health problems proliferate – particularly as regards communicable diseases, mental illness, substance misuse and increased risk of violence, self-harm and suicide. Severe risks to health are posed not only to prisoners but also to staff, the families of prisoners and staff, and […]
(2.35 MB) | 19. June 2019 | Author: Catherine Heard, Director, ICPR’s World Prison Research Programme
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The theme for the 8th Edition of Advancing Corrections will revolve around one of ICPA’s key strategic focal points ‘Investing in Staff’. Although it is well accepted that delivery of effective correctional services hinges on the support and commitment of staff, quite often very little is done to nurture and sustain the morale of our staff, whether line-staff or managers, and whether in prisons or community settings. Investing in staff should be more than a slogan. It should be expressed in practical, integrated and focused ways that can serve both to build up the skills to manage demanding workloads and lessen the burden of pursuing a stress-infused ‘correctional career’. Increasingly, […]
(91.19 KB) | 17. June 2019 | Author: Aleksandar Admin
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STORYBOOKS, COMIC BOOKS AND GRAPHIC NOVELS: INNOVATIONS IN COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS Adrian Gregorich In their work with families affected by incarceration, Canadian Families and Corrections Network (CFCN) has developed storybooks and a comic book to help children and youth understand the correctional system and respond resiliently to the stresses of having an incarcerated parent. Native Counselling Services of Alberta (NCSA) has created a graphic novel that tells the gripping story of an Indigenous gang member who moves through the correctional system into NCSA’s “In Search of Your Warrior” intervention program. This paper provides research-based context for incarcerated parents and Indigenous offenders, describes CFCN and NCSA’s innovative books, and relates lessons learned […]
(603.33 KB) | 17. June 2019 | Author: Adrian Gregorich
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RESPONDING TO THE CRISIS OF AGING PEOPLE IN PRISON: PROMISING CORRECTIONS AND COMMUNITY PRACTICES Tina Maschi & Adriana Kaye The purpose of this paper is to educate the international corr ections community about the global innovations on how some correctional systems are collaborating with community stakeholders to provide compassionate community care to older adults released from prison. To this end, this article begins with a brief overview of the international aging in prison crisis from prison to community reintegration. Next, it briefly reviews prison-based programs with transitional services and community reintegration programs for older adults. The article concludes with recommendations at the institutional, local community, and global levels that can […]
(120.09 KB) | 17. June 2019 | Author: Tina Maschi & Adriana Kaye
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CREATING A ONE-STOP CAREER CENTER THAT COLLABORATES WITH COMMUNITY CORRECTION AND WELCOMES JUSTICE-INVOLVED INDIVIDUALS Cynthia Stadel, Holly Whittleton & Liv Jenssen In January 2017, the NewStart Reentry Resource Center opened within SE Works, Inc., a community based non profit organization that houses a US Department of Labor One-Stop Career Center in Portland, Oregon. NewStart is funded by Multnomah County Department of Community Justice (DCJ); services are available to any county resident within two years of release from county jail or state prison. NewStart grows out of a collaboration between SE Works and DCJ spanning more than 12 years. Authors discuss the role of grants, partners, staffing, differentiated services, and careful […]
(930.18 KB) | 17. June 2019 | Author: Cynthia Stadel, Holly Whittleton & Liv Jenssen
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WHAT ARE THE CHALLENGES FOR EFFECTIVE TRAFFIC OFFENDER EDUCATION INTERVENTIONS? Ian J. Faulks,Vic Siskind & Mary Sheehan Remedial programs for traffic offenders, other than specialised programs directed at drink driving offenders, do not evaluate well. This study aimed to identify issues that could impact on the measured outcome effectiveness of such general programs by examining offense variability and licensing differences in a cohort of attendees at the Traffic Offender Intervention Program used in New South Wales, Australia. The program delivers the same “one size fits all” content to all offenders despite their diverse offending histories, a wide spectrum of offenses, and differing driving experience. Research to examine the content of […]
(161.74 KB) | 17. June 2019 | Author: Ian J. Faulks,Vic Siskind & Mary Sheehan
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THE CHANGING FEDERAL OFFENDER POPULATION UNDER COMMUNITY SUPERVISION: RECOGNITION AND RESPONSE Larry Motiuk The Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) administers the community supervision of all federal offenders on conditional release. A modernized approach to correctional policy, programming and management practice requires timely, accurate and objective information on the offender population. CSC’s automated capacity to produce profiles of the community supervision population is being used to raise awareness about size and composition. Analytics show that CSC is facing some new challenges in managing the complexities of an increasingly diverse community supervision population.
(130.22 KB) | 17. June 2019 | Author: Larry Motiuk
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EMPLOYMENT RE-ENTRY: UNPACKING THE EXPERIENCES AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF FORMER FEDERAL CANADIAN PRISONERS Rosemary (Rose) Ricciardelli, Amy Sheppard & Taylor Mooney For prisoners, post-release, barriers exist to securing employment. Correctional Services Canada (CSC) has identified that approximately 60% of prisoners at intake to federal custody have employment histories that compromise their future employability. Employment and educational programming, as well as therapeutic and life skills courses, are offered within many prisons. Yet, the interpretations of available programming by prisoners, represents a lacuna in knowledge. In the current study, we draw from longitudinal interview data collected with 24 individuals released from federal prisons. Our objective is to develop an understanding of programming prisoners […]
(107.1 KB) | 17. June 2019 | Author: Rosemary (Rose) Ricciardelli, Amy Sheppard & Taylor Mooney
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