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WHITE PAPER PRESENTATIONS

The Institute of Evidence-Based and Best Practices will offer up to six White Paper Presentations. AACJP has identified six paper topics and has made application for funding to commission researchers to write papers. The papers will answer questions on topics that can be applied to the immediate work environment. The White Papers will be written from an evidence-based, applied research perspective.

White Paper Presentations will be presented in a structured format of formal presentation, questioning from experts that have read the paper, question and answer from the audience. All papers will be made electronically available to conference delegates after the conclusion of the conference.

WHITE PAPER DISCUSSION LEADER

 
  • Christopher A. Innes, Ph.D., White Paper Discussion Leader Chief, Research and Evaluation
    National Institute of Corrections
    Washington, D.C.
In February, 2006, Dr. Innes joined NIC as Chief of Research and Evaluation. Since 1985, he has served in a variety of research positions within the Department of Justice, including at the Bureau of Justice Statistics, in the Office of Research and Evaluation at the Federal Bureau of Prisons, and at the National Institute of Justice. Before joining the Department, he helped establish the Criminal Justice Data Archive at the University of Michigan and managed it for its first seven years. Dr. Innes’s research has focused primarily on jails and prisons, violence and inmate misconduct in correctional institutions, and evaluations of inmate programs. He is the author of a number of published research articles and is a frequent presenter on a variety of criminal justice topics. He is a member of the American Correctional Association, and Vice-Chair of its Research Council, and a member of the American Probation and Parole Association and the American Society for Criminology.

1. IMPLEMENTING EFFECTIVE BATTERER INTERVENTION PROGRAMS

Presenter:
i.Lynn Stewart, Ph. D., Psychologist

2. RELAPSE PREVENTION THERAPY AS AN OFFENDER CASE MANAGEMENT TOOL A RESEARCH BRIEF AND TECHNICAL REPORT

Presenter:
i.George A. Parks, Ph.D.

3. POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER AMONG OFFENDERS

Presenters:
i.Dr. Dena Hanley, Ph.D.
ii.Andre Christie Mizell, Ph.D.

4. IDENTIFYING EFFECTIVE INTERVENTIONS FOR LOWER RISK OFFENDERS: A META-ANALYTIC INVESTIGATION

Presenters:
i.Christopher T. Lowenkamp, Ph.D.
ii.Paula Smith, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
iii.Kristin Bechtel, M.S.

5. THE ROLE, IMPACT, AND FUTURE DIRECTION OF FAITH IN CORRECTIONAL SYSTEMS

Presenter:
i.Thomas P. O’Connor, Ph.D.

6. A FRAMEWORK FOR COMBINING KEY SKILLS FOR PRACTITIONERS TO ASSIST IN REDUCING RECIDIVISM

Presenter:
i.Brad Bogue, Ph.D.

For further information you can contact Brigitte Winkler at:

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305-651-8785


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aacjp@advocateprogram.com

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