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Evidence Based Practices: Reducing Recidivism to Increase Public Safety: A Cooperative Effort by Courts and Probation (2011)
Placer County Superior Court -
A report on fiscal and efficacy issues of probation resources. Uses examples of cases where EBP was used to rationally determine where to allocate limited resources. Report suggest courts should support efforts of probation departments to institute EBP.
J. Richard Couzens is a judge of the Superior Court of Placer County.
Keywords: Evidence based practices, SB 678