Staff Perceptions of an Evidence-Based Supervision Model: EPICS Implementation and Sustainability

• In Event: Evidence-Based Community Corrections

Abstract

There are currently an estimated 6.9 million adults under some form of correctional supervision. Most recently, the field of corrections is moving towards integration of evidence-based practices within community supervision, with the hopes of using these practices to reduce recidivism. While much of what is being implemented comes from the "what works" literature and evidence on Risk-Need-Responsivity-based models, little is known as to what factors help or hinder the implementation and sustainability process of integrating evidence-based supervision practices. In order to get some answers, this study seeks to survey and analyze participants trained in Effective Practices in Community Supervision (EPICS) on participant perceptions of their individual use of the model and perceptions on the agency's implementation and sustainability of the EPICS model. Participants trained between January, 2012 and December, 2015 as an end-user of the EPICS model will be electronically surveyed in order to help determine both practical, administrative, and organizational supports and barriers to EPICS implementation and sustainability.

Authors

• Lily Gleicher, Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority; University of Cincinnati

• Sarah Manchak, University of Cincinnati

• Christopher Sullivan, University of Cincinnati