A SYSTEMIC APPROACH TO EFFECTIVE COMMUNITY SUPERVISION

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A SYSTEMIC APPROACH TO EFFECTIVECOMMUNITY
SUPERVISION
A Five Part Strategy

• Judicial Branch
• Court Support Services Division

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FIVE PART STRATEGY

• Manage probationers based on their risk and
  needs.
• Engage probationers to change their behavior.
• Provide manageable caseloads and supervision
  standards.
• Implement evidence-based treatment programs.
• Provide for quality assurance and measure
  outcomes.

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RISK REDUCTION

• There is no silver bullet when it comes to
  changing criminal behavior.

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There is a substantial body of sound research
that identifies what has worked best in reducing
criminal behavior.
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RESEARCH FINDINGS

• Recidivism can be predicted.
• Risk factors for reoffending can be identified.
• Recidivism can be reduced.

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How Community Supervision Can Reduce Recidivism

• Provide intensive community supervision combined
  with appropriate treatment for high-risk
  offenders.
• Match program intensity to the offenders level
  of risk.
• Focus on the offenders identified criminogenic
  needs.
• Use structured cognitive-behavioral treatment and
  incorporate motivational enhancement techniques.

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Strategy 1

• MANAGE PROBATIONERS BASED ON THEIR
• RISK AND NEEDS

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• Research has established that high-risk offenders
  are less likely to recidivate when they receive
  more intensive treatment and services.

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Risk Level, Treatment Intensity, and Recidivism
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• To have the greatest impact on recidivism
  reduction, supervision and treatment resources
  should focus on high-risk and non-compliant
  offenders by addressing their identified
  criminogenic needs.

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Criminogenic Needs / Risk Factors

• Antisocial peers
• Antisocial values / attitudes
• Antisocial personality
• Antisocial behavior (low self-control)

• Family distress
• Substance abuse
• Employment
• Education

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Selecting an Assessment Instrument

• It took CSSD approximately two years to select
  and fully implement the assessment tools (LSI-R
  and ASUS-R).

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Level of Service Inventory

• Originally developed in 1982 and revised in 1995,
  the LSI-R is a validated objective 54 item risk /
  needs assessment instrument.

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LSI-R Subscales
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Level of Service Inventory-Revised
When scored appropriately, the LSI-R provides 3
basic scores or measures

• A total risk score (risk to recidivate)
• A profile of criminogenic need (crime
  producing risk factors)
• A profile of prosocial or protective (protection
  from crime factors)

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ASUS-R

• A self-report validated assessment that provides
  insight into a persons drug use, emotional
  state, openness, and readiness to change.

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ASUS-R Primary Scales

• Drug Involvement
• Drug Disruption
• Drug Benefits
• Social Non-Conforming
• Legal Non-Conforming
• Mood Adjustment
• Defensive
• Motivation to Change

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CSSDAssessment Validation Study

• These findings demonstrate the value of the LSI-R
  and secondarily, the ASUS-R in predicting
  recidivism. (Bogue, 2007)

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Sample Assessment
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Sample LSI-R Profile
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Sample ASUS-R Profile
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Sample Assessment Results
LSI-R Total Score 38 Calculated Sup. Level High
Rec. Substance Abuse Level Eval. for enhanced
treatment
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CSSD Present Supervision Levels and Minimum
Monthly Contact Standards
October 2007
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Judicial Branch Court Support Services
Division PROBATIONER PROGRAM REFERRAL GUIDE
NOTE This information serves as a guideline
and, at the discretion of the probation officer,
the probationer may be placed in other programs
as case circumstances warrant. Specific program
locations can be found at http//ares/cssd/Adminis
tration/default.aspx

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Specialized Assessments

• Domestic Violence (DVSI-R)
• Womens Program (SPIN)
• Sex Offenders (Static 99, V-RAG, HARE PCL-R,
  RRASOR, VASOR)

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Strategy 2

• ENGAGE PROBATIONERS TO CHANGE THEIR BEHAVIOR

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Supervision Focus

• Beyond short-term offender control, place an
  emphasis on long-term behavior change.

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Enhancing offender motivation to change should be
a key component of a recidivism reduction
strategy.
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Motivation A Key to Behavior Change

• Of the 340 probationers in need of treatment,
  only 32.9 were somewhat or very troubled by
  their alcohol or drug problems

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Enhancing Offender Motivation

• Use Motivational Interviewing
• Provide assessment feedback
• Collaborate on a Case Plan

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Strategy 3

• PROVIDE MANAGEABLE CASELOADS AND SUPERVISION
  STANDARDS

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• Caseload size is directly related to workload
  which is directly related to the success of
  community supervision in enhancing public safety
  and reducing recidivism.

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CT Probation Average Caseload Size2000 to 2007
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Probationer Distribution by Classification Level
October 2007
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Caseload Targets
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Strategy 4

• IMPLEMENT EVIDENCE-BASED OR RESEARCH INFORMED
  TREATMENT PROGRAMS

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CSSD Evidence-Based or Research Informed
Treatment Interventions

• Alternative Incarceration Centers
• Reasoning and Rehabilitation (R R II)
• Treating Alcohol Drug Dependence (TAD)
• Adult Behavioral Health Programs
• Anger Management for the Substance Abuse and
  Mental Health Client
• Matrix Model for Intensive Out-Patient Treatment
• Seeking Safety A Treatment Manual for PTSD and
  Substance Abuse
• Helping Women Recover

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Strategy 5

• PROVIDE FOR
• QUALITY ASSURANCE AND MEASURE OUTCOMES

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• An evidence-based program designed to reduce
  recidivism, when poorly implemented, can actually
  increase recidivism.

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Program Integrity and Program Effects
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CSSD Quality Assurance Initiatives

• Provide comprehensive initial and ongoing
  training for program providers (2005)
• Establish continuous Quality Assurance to
  maintain treatment fidelity (2006).
• Provide staff feedback regarding performance and
  outcomes.

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CSSDPerformance and Outcome Reports

• Assessment timeliness
• Contact standard compliance
• Reductions in risk scores and increases in
  protective scores
• Violation of probation percentage
• Employment Status (Intake / Discharge)
• Rearrest percentage

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SUMMARY
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• Implementing evidence-based practice to reduce
  recidivism does not occur quickly nor easily.

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How Community Supervision Can Become More Aligned
WithEvidence-Based Practices

• Affording officers more time to spend with their
  clients.
• Keeping caseloads at manageable levels.
• Providing training and ongoing coaching in
  evidence-based supervision practices.

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• Implementing and quality assuring evidence-based
  treatment programs.
• Focusing performance measurements and feedback on
  the quality of work that is linked to an outcome
  of improved public safety.