Policy Teams at the Helm of Probation Quality Improvement Processes

• In Event: Condition-Setting Practices in Probation

Abstract

Quality improvement processes are designed to allow administrators, staff, and stakeholders at the local level to identify resolutions to common problems. The Arnold Venture project created probation office teams that ranged in size from 2 to 10 people; one team also included a judge and prosecutor. The teams had an external facilitator to address the different phases of the process: plan to identify problem areas and review data; do to brainstorm different resolutions; study to oversee data and material on the impact of the proposed change; and act to routinize the recommendations into practice. The presentation will review the 11 different teams that included pretrial, community corrections and violations initiatives. The presentation will cover the activities of the policy teams, the outcome measures to assess impact of the initiative, and results from case studies on condition setting practices.

Author

• CJ Eugene Appleton, Duke University