Fostering innovation in community and institutional corrections identifying high-priority technology and other needs for the U.S. corrections sector
Given the challenges posed to the U.S. corrections sector, such as tightened budgets and increasingly complex populations under its charge, it is valuable to identify opportunities where changes in tools, practices, or approaches could improve performance. In this report, RAND researchers, with the...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Santa Monica, California :
RAND Corporation
2015.
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| Edición: | 1st ed |
| Colección: | Priority Criminal Justice Needs Initiative
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009426445906719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Preface; Contents; Figures; Tables; Summary; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; CHAPTER ONE: Introduction; A Need for Innovation in Corrections; Considering Innovation in Corrections; Innovation in Corrections Involves Many Sectors and Organizations; Building an Innovation Agenda for Corrections; About This Report; CHAPTER TWO: The State of Corrections Today; The Size of the Population Under Correctional Supervision; Changing Characteristics of the Correctional Population; Mentally Ill Population; Aging Population; Female Population
- The High Financial Cost of CorrectionsInequities in the Application of Incarceration and Its Personal Costs; Corrections Agency Size and Capability Diversity; The Corrections Workforce; Outcomes; Corrections and Changing Technology; Moving Forward; CHAPTER THREE: Corrections Technology and Practice Today; A Taxonomy of Corrections Technology and Practice; The State of the Art Today-Sketching the Foundation for Corrections Innovation; Facility Operations and Population Services; Person-Worn Equipment and Weapons/Force; Information and Communications; Vehicles
- Doctrine, Tactics, Management, and Behavioral Knowledge Development and TrainingConclusion; CHAPTER FOUR: From Corrections Today to Corrections Tomorrow: Identifying Needs in Community and Institutional Corrections; Framing Top-Level Objectives for the Correctional System; Identifying the Building Blocks of the Innovation Agenda; Previous Efforts to Identify Corrections Needs; Generating Corrections Needs with the Advisory Panel Members; Reviewing the Needs Produced by the Corrections Advisory Panel; What Were the Central Issues Driving Corrections Needs?
- How Do the Needs Generated in Community and Institutional Corrections Compare?Conclusions-Corrections Needs Yesterday and Today; CHAPTER FIVE: Prioritizing the Needs to Develop an Innovation Agenda for Corrections; The Logic of Prioritizing Corrections Needs; Prioritizing the Corrections Objectives; Prioritizing Corrections Technology Needs; High-Priority Innovation Needs for Community Corrections; High-Priority Innovation Needs for Institutional Corrections; Looking Across the Corrections Enterprise; CHAPTER SIX: Conclusions: Fostering Innovation in Corrections
- An Innovation Agenda for the Entire Corrections SectorLooking Forward-Maintaining and Elaborating the Innovation Agenda; APPENDIXES; A. Corrections Advisory Panel Members; B. Corrections Advisory Panel Agenda; C. Detailed Methodology; D. Full List of Community Corrections Needs; E. Full List of Institutional Corrections Needs; References
