Technology transfer: the importance of ongoing clinical supervision in translating ‘what works’ to everyday community supervision
2012
As we enter into the twenty-first century, there is a growing demand
in community corrections to implement evidence-based practices to
reduce reoffending. After decades of get-tough policies and practices,
probation and parole agencies have shown an interest in using the
‘what works’ body of research to enhance risk-reducing community
supervision efforts. The ‘what works’ literature provides the principles
of risk, need and responsivity (RNR) as guides for organisations
attempting to design and implement effective community supervision
(Andrews and Bonta 2006; see also Bonta and Andrews, this volume).
However, the transfer of this body of knowledge to the field via the
generation and implementation of evidence-based policies, practices
and programmes has been difficult. Often referred to as the process
of ‘technology transfer’, there is now a growing body of literature
indicating that the effectiveness of these efforts diminishes when
‘what works’ knowledge is translated from well-controlled research
projects to the ‘real world’ of everyday corrections (Andrews and
Bonta 2006). The present challenge for researchers is to pay particular
attention to the behaviour of those who are attempting to use the
technology and provide answers to the following questions: What
methods were used to transfer the technology to those in the field?
Do such transfer processes result in staff using the new technology
as it was intended to be used (that is quality use)? What factors
are related to enhanced quality? Answers to such questions could
provide invaluable information to those seeking to bring knowledge
of ‘what works’ into community corrections.
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