The Center's Services
The Center assists criminal justice and other public and private sector policymakers and practitioners to develop more effective solutions to criminal justice challenges through a wide range of services including:
Helping Organizations and Systems Change
The Center assists single agencies as well as collaborative, multi-disciplinary teams of policymakers and practitioners to design and implement desired changes. Center staff have extensive experience in:
- Designing and conducting national, regional, and local conferences and meetings involving state and local policymakers from the judicial, legislative, and executive branches of government;
- Designing and conducting national, regional, and local specialized training workshops for policymakers, including judges, sentencing commission members, legislators, and paroling authorities, and for the staff of these and other organizations;
- Facilitating key meetings of state and county policy teams, task forces, and parole boards; and
- Providing facilitation, expertise in communication skills, and management training to key staff in courts, state and local corrections agencies, and private and public organizations.
Helping Organizations and Systems Acquire New Perspectives, Knowledge, and Skills
The Center designs and conducts national, regional, and local conferences, workshops, and specialized trainings for policymakers and practitioners on a variety of substantive topics including:
- Designing and managing seminars and training events—both in-person and video-based—on specific topics; and
- Conducting research—particularly qualitative, survey, or case study research—in service of policymaking initiatives.
Disseminating New Knowledge to a Broad Policy and Practitioner Audience
The Center disseminates information in its areas of substantive expertise through:
- Designing and administering large-scale, staffed, clearinghouse efforts;
- Developing products including monographs, policy and practice briefs, journal articles, training curricula, and assessment guides;
- Producing video training materials; and
- Developing web-based resources.
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