Download or read book Discretionary Decision making in Community Based Residential Facilities written by Kadance Backman and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Community Based Residential Facilities (CBRFs) are an integral part of the adult corrections system, housing nearly half of the federal community offender population. Despite the critical and professional role CBRF staff play in supervising offenders in the community, little is known about the dynamics between staff and clients and how these dynamics may affect the success of offenders on conditional release. Through interviews with staff, the current study explores the dynamics between CBRF staff and clients, and how staff use discretionary decision-making based on these dynamics. The findings suggest the decision-making of staff about offenders is impacted by whether they view offenders as "ideal" or "non-ideal". This, in turn, may affect the dynamics between staff and the supervising parole officers. Both of these factors may contribute to the success or failure of offenders on conditional release. The implications of these findings for correctional policy and for future research are explored.

Download or read book Guide for discretionary grant programs written by United States. Law Enforcement Assistance Administration and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Moving from Residential Institutions to Community based Social Services in Central and Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union written by David Tobis and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2000 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the most harmful, costly, and intractable legacies of the command economies of Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union is the reliance on residential institutions for the care of children, the elderly, and the people with disabilities. As a result, there are almost no community-based alternatives to care for large and growing numbers of vulnerable individuals. Other industrial nations have experienced similar periods of economic and social upheaval and also relied on residential institutions to care for vulnerable and marginalized groups. However, most of these nations have switched from residential care to community-based social services. The question for the countries of Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union is how they can make the same transition. 'Moving from Residential Institutions to Community-Based Social Services in Central and Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union' examines the use of residential institutions for vulnerable groups, past and present, and proposes strategies for the future. The study focuses on five countries, Albania, Armenia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Romania, where the World Bank is helping develop community-based social services to reduce the reliance on residential institutions.

Download or read book Crossing the Quality Chasm written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2001-07-19 with total page 359 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Second in a series of publications from the Institute of Medicine's Quality of Health Care in America project Today's health care providers have more research findings and more technology available to them than ever before. Yet recent reports have raised serious doubts about the quality of health care in America. Crossing the Quality Chasm makes an urgent call for fundamental change to close the quality gap. This book recommends a sweeping redesign of the American health care system and provides overarching principles for specific direction for policymakers, health care leaders, clinicians, regulators, purchasers, and others. In this comprehensive volume the committee offers: A set of performance expectations for the 21st century health care system. A set of 10 new rules to guide patient-clinician relationships. A suggested organizing framework to better align the incentives inherent in payment and accountability with improvements in quality. Key steps to promote evidence-based practice and strengthen clinical information systems. Analyzing health care organizations as complex systems, Crossing the Quality Chasm also documents the causes of the quality gap, identifies current practices that impede quality care, and explores how systems approaches can be used to implement change.

Download or read book Informational Handbook for Operators of Community based Residential Facilities written by and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Improving the Quality of Long Term Care written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2001-02-27 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Among the issues confronting America is long-term care for frail, older persons and others with chronic conditions and functional limitations that limit their ability to care for themselves. Improving the Quality of Long-Term Care takes a comprehensive look at the quality of care and quality of life in long-term care, including nursing homes, home health agencies, residential care facilities, family members and a variety of others. This book describes the current state of long-term care, identifying problem areas and offering recommendations for federal and state policymakers. Who uses long-term care? How have the characteristics of this population changed over time? What paths do people follow in long term care? The committee provides the latest information on these and other key questions. This book explores strengths and limitations of available data and research literature especially for settings other than nursing homes, on methods to measure, oversee, and improve the quality of long-term care. The committee makes recommendations on setting and enforcing standards of care, strengthening the caregiving workforce, reimbursement issues, and expanding the knowledge base to guide organizational and individual caregivers in improving the quality of care.

Download or read book Perspectives on Community based Corrections written by Justin Lopez-Medina and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2024 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Compendium of HHS Evaluations and Relevant Other Studies written by HHS Policy Information Center (U.S.) and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 602 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Federal Probation written by and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Encyclopedia of Prisons and Correctional Facilities written by Mary Bosworth and published by SAGE Publications. This book was released on 2004-12-15 with total page 1401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The two-volume Encyclopedia of Prisons and Correctional Facilities aims to provide a critical overview of penal institutions within a historical and contemporary framework. Issues of race, gender, and class are fully integrated throughout in order to demonstrate the complexity of the implementation and intended results of incarceration. The Encyclopedia contains biographies, articles describing important legal statutes, and detailed and authoritative descriptions of the major prisons in the United States. Comparative data and examples are employed to analyze the American system within an international context. The Encyclopedia's 400 entries are written by recognized authorities. The appendix contains a comprehensive listing of every federal prison in the U.S., complete with facility details and service information.

Download or read book Gerontology written by D. B. Bromley and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-05-10 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1984, Gerontology: Social and Behavioural Perspectives presents a selection of the contributions from the annual British Society of Gerontology conference, held at the University of Liverpool in 1983. Issues covered include: services for the elderly and their effectiveness, policy issues and privatisation, women and ageing, cross-cultural comparisons, approaches to dementia, and the topics of reminiscence, attitudes, education, retirement, visiting and research utilisation.

Download or read book Education Quality and Federal Policy written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Budget. Task Force on Education and Employment and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 1840 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book The Report of the Commission on the Financing of a Free and Appropriate Education for Special Needs Children written by United States. Commission on the Financing of a Free and Appropriate Education for Special Needs Children and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Juvenile Delinquency written by Kirk Heilbrun and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2005-03-17 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Juvenile offending and anti-social behavior are enormous societal concerns. This broad-reaching volume summarizes the current evidence on prevention, diversion, causes, and rates of delinquency, as well as assessment of risk and intervention needs. A distinguished cast of contributors from law, psychology, and psychiatry describe what we know about interventions in school, community, and residential contexts, focusing particularly on interventions that are risk reducing and cost effective. Equally important, each chapter comments on what is not well supported through research, distinguishing aspects of current practice that are likely to be effective from those that are not and mapping new directions for research, policy, and practice. Finally, the volume provides a description of a model curriculum for training legal and mental health professionals on conducting relevant assessments of adolescents for the courts. Effectively bridging research and practice, this will be an important resource for legal and mental health professionals involved in the juvenile justice system, policy makers seeking humane but effective interventions in the context of society's need for safety, and those involved in teaching about and training in juvenile delinquency.