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A Ten-Step Guide to Transforming
Probation Departments to Reduce Recidivism
The Council of State Governments (CSG)
Justice Center recently released a guide for policymakers
committed to reducing the likelihood that probationers will
reoffend. The guide provides probation leaders with a roadmap to
overhaul the operations of their agencies so they can increase
public safety in their communities and improve rates of
compliance among people they are supervising.
The first section describes how
officials can engage key stakeholders, evaluate agency policies,
and develop a strategic plan for implementing reform; the second
section provides recommendations for redesigning departmental
policies and practices; and the final section includes steps for
making the department transformation permanent. The report
provides numerous examples of how these steps were used in one
probation department in particular (Travis County, Texas). Since
transforming its operations between 2005 and 2008, the Travis
County probation department has seen felony probation
revocations decline by 20 percent and the one-year re-arrest
rate for probationers fall by 17 percent (compared with similar
probationers before the departmental overhaul).
To learn more and to download the
report,
click here.
Latest Discharge Data
The most recent Treatment Episode Data
Set (TEDS) report from the Federal Government tracks discharges
from licensed substance abuse treatment facilities on
approximately 1.5 million treatment discharges in 2006, the
latest year of tabulated reports.
The report discovered that the patient
completion rate during 2006 was 47 percent among patients
discharged from reporting facilities. This was an overall figure
blending all patient discharges. There were large variations in
discharge rates between those with differing addictions, and the
various types of services received.
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