Reports from the Field

By Maurice Dean

In the never-ending quest for more effective supervision techniques, Community Corrections has initiated several pilot projects to gauge the effectiveness of Evidence Based Practice (EBP).

Front Page

Evidence Based Practice

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President’s Letter

Dear Members and Friends

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Conference News

Joint Fall Conference

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Annual Business Meeting

Business and Training

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The Soap Box

A Challenged Journey

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Back Page

Photo IDs for Retirees

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Virginia Probation and Parole Association

District One Office

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Richmond, Virginia 23219

CONTRIBUTORS

NEAL GOODLOE

MICHAEL SPORY

LESTER WINGROVE

EVIDENCE

BASED

PRACTICE

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COMMUNITY

CORRECTIONS

 

Are we reinventing the wheel?  Is this another chic program-du-jour that will be abandoned in a few years for a newer, trendier approach?  Time, of course, will tell, but the champions of EBP, both in academia and in the field, believe it is more

 

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Suzanne Tarr

President

 

Lori Sisson

Editor

 

Maurice Dean

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