Mapping the Implementation Landscape: Assessing the Systemic Capacity of Statewide Community Corrections Agencies to Deliver Evidence-Based Practices Corrections: Policy, Practice and Research

• NCJ Number: 252558
• Journal: Corrections: Policy, Practice and Research Volume: 4 Issue: 1 Dated: 2019
• Author(s): Emily J. Salisbury; Jody Sundt; Breanna Boppre
• Date Published: 2019
• Length: 20 pages
• Grant Number(s): 2012-SM-BX-0004
• Sponsoring Agency: Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA)
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Research (Applied/Empirical); Report (Study/Research); Report (Grant Sponsored); Program/Project Evaluation; Program/Project Description
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

This study presents results from a process evaluation that measured implementation capacity to deliver evidence-based practices in the state of Oregon.

Abstract

Treatment quality is a critical moderator for programs that successfully reduce recidivism. Yet the implementation of any new initiative occurs within an organizational context. Using the ImpleMap interview procedure, findings from 10 county-level community corrections agencies in Oregon demonstrated how systemic, actionable implementation can be facilitated. Aggregate statewide patterns of organizational capacity emerged, as well as individual variation in the strengths and gaps of implementation among each county, revealing that sustainable implementation requires purposeful attention to systemic capacities beyond training and coaching. To advance the science and practice of offender rehabilitation, this study recommends broadening the focus on organizational process, structure, and context. (publisher abstract modified)