NO ILLUSIONS: OFFENDER AND ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE IN MARYLAND'S PROACTIVE COMMUNITY SUPERVISION EFFORTS*

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The impact of skills in probation work: A reconviction study (2014, background): “In the USA others were working on experiments designed to evaluate the effects of training in appropriate skills (e.g. Robinson et al., 2012; Taxman, 2008).”
A random study of Staff Training Aimed at Reducing Re-arrest (STARR): using core correctional practices in probation interactions (2012, background): “Building positive rapport with clients has shown to have a beneficial effect on outcome and an enhancing effect on service delivery (Taxman 2008a, see also Taxman et al. 2004).”
Justifying the use of non-experimental methods and disqualifying the use of randomized controlled trials: challenging folklore in evaluation research in crime and justice (2010, background): “Whether we are concerned with police patrol (e.g., see Braga et al. 1999; Sherman and Weisburd 1995; Weisburd and Green 1995), arrests (e.g., see Berk et al. 1992; Dunford et al. 1990; Sherman and Berk 1984), sentencing (e.g., see Dunford 2000; Feder and Dugan 2002; Schneider 1986), probation superv”