SOC209H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 14: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Edward Greenspan, Adversarial System
Document Summary
Soc209 chapter 14 -challenges for the criminal justice system. Developing and implementing evidence-based legislation, policies, and programs. Empirical evidence does not always inform criminal justice policy: disconnect b/w criminal justice policy and practice and scholarly research. Ongoing challenge: policies and practices are evidence based: this includes a cost-benefit analyses that examines if investment of resources produces effective outcomes and improves the efficiency of the justice system. Evidence based practices aren"t in use right now: criminal justice programs are rarely evaluated, and when they are, the impact on operational practice may be minimal. Changing the status quo may have a significant impact on agencies and their personnel as new priorities and performance measures are established and policies and programs become evidence-driven. Cjs is slow to adopt evidence-based strategies and discard ineffective policies and programs. Challenges in promoting evidence-based practices in cjs: wide discretion exercised by criminal justice professionals + diverse environments where they carry out tasks.
