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Halloween Sex Offender Supervision-DC Public Safety-196,000 Requests a Month

October 30, 2009 by

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Welcome to DC Public Safety – radio and television shows on crime, criminal offenders and the criminal justice system.

See http://media.csosa.gov for our television shows, blog and transcripts. We now average 196,000 requests per month.

We welcome your comments or suggestions at leonard.sipes@csosa.gov or at Twitter at http://twitter.com/lensipes.

Transcript available at http://media.csosa.gov/podcast/transcripts/2010/05/halloween-sex-offender-supervision-dc-public-safety-196000-requests-a-month/

The show interviews April Cole and Paul Brennan; both are supervisors in the sex offender unit of the Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency(CSOSA), a federal criminal justice agency in Washington, D.C.

On Halloween, nine teams of Community Supervision Officers (known elsewhere as parole and probation agents) and officers from Washington D.C.’s Metropolitan Police Department (a total of 32 officers) will visit the homes of sex offenders with “any” history of sexual contact with children.  This is the third year that  CSOSA and MPD have conducted joint patrols on Halloween.

Child sex offenders have been told by letter and in-person to stay home on Halloween and not engage in “any” Halloween a activities.

Please note that CSOSA and MPD do thousands of joint patrols of homes of high-risk offenders throughout the year. The agencies  also exchange information/intelligence daily.

For additional information, contact Leonard Sipes at 240-882-8274.

The show is hosted by Leonard Sipes. The producer is Timothy Barnes.

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Assisting Women Offenders-Harriet’s House-NCJA-DC Public Safety

October 28, 2009 by

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Welcome to DC Public Safety – radio and television shows on crime, criminal offenders and the criminal justice system.

See http://media.csosa.gov for our television shows, blog and transcripts. We now average 196,000 requests per month.

We welcome your comments or suggestions at leonard.sipes@csosa.gov or at Twitter at http://twitter.com/lensipes.

Transcript available at http://media.csosa.gov/podcast/transcripts/2010/05/assisting-women-offenders-harriet%E2%80%99s-house-ncja-dc-public-safety/

The show interviews participants of Harriet’s House, a program serving women offenders with a low rate of recidivism (returns to the criminal justice system) and high rates of employment in Raleigh, NC. The program received recognition from the National Criminal Justice Association (NCJA). A mission of the NCJA is to recognize exemplary programs and bring them to the attention of the public.

Those interviewed include Jeanne Tedrow, founder of Harriet’s House, Lisa Crosslin, Program Director, Cheryl Bryant, Grants Management Specialist for the North Carolina Crime Commission and Michelle Bridges, a graduate of Harriet’s House and a board member.

The website for the National Criminal Justice Association is www.ncja.org. The website for Harriet’s House is www.passagehome.org.

The show is hosted by Leonard Sipes. The producer is Timothy Barnes.

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Filed Under: Drug Treatment, Education and Vocational Assistance, Employment, Interviews with Staff, Mental Health, Reentry, What Works, Women Offenders

Relapse Prevention and Drug Treatment–DC Public Safety

October 8, 2009 by

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Welcome to DC Public Safety – radio and television shows on crime, criminal offenders and the criminal justice system.

See http://media.csosa.gov for our television shows, blog and transcripts. We now average 170,000 requests per month.

We welcome your comments or suggestions at leonard.sipes@csosa.gov or at Twitter at http://twitter.com/lensipes.

Transcript available at http://media.csosa.gov/podcast/transcripts/2010/05/relapse-prevention-and-drug-treatment%E2%80%93dc-public-safety/

The show interviews Christine Keels, the Director of Faith-based Initiatives for the Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency (CSOSA), Tosha Chambers, one of three citywide faith-based coordinators for CSOSA and a group facilitator, and Jennifer Gaskins, who was once an offender under CSOSA’s supervision who now assists women in drug relapse prevention groups.

The show is hosted by Leonard Sipes. The producer is Timothy Barnes.

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Filed Under: Drug Treatment, Faith-based Initiatives, Interviews with Offenders, Interviews with Staff, Mental Health, Reentry, Women Offenders

“What Works”– Travis County Adult Probation–DC Public Safety–170,000 Requests per Month

September 11, 2009 by

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Welcome to DC Public Safety – radio and television shows on crime, criminal offenders and the criminal justice system.

See http://media.csosa.gov for our television shows, blog and transcripts. We now average 170,000 requests per month.

We welcome your comments or suggestions at leonard.sipes@csosa.gov or at Twitter at http://twitter.com/lensipes.

Transcript available at http://media.csosa.gov/podcast/transcripts/2010/05/%E2%80%9Cwhat-works%E2%80%9D%E2%80%93-travis-county-adult-probation%E2%80%93dc-public-safety%E2%80%93170000-requests-per-month/

The show interviews Dr. Geraldine Nagy, Director of the Travis County, TX, Community Supervision and Corrections Department (Adult Probation) and Pretrial Services. Dr. Nagy implemented new supervision and treatment techniques that resulted in reduced rearrests and technical violations. Newspaper articles and research reports regarding her efforts are available at www.co.travis.tx.us/adultprobation/.

This is the fifth in a series of programs recorded during the summer of 2009 focusing on evidence-based practices or “what works”.

The series addresses well documented research that applies to community supervision of criminal offenders.

The show is hosted by Leonard Sipes. The producer is Timothy Barnes.

Meta terms: Evidence-based, what works, parole and probation, corrections, jail, prison, prerelease, employment, crime, criminals, criminal justice, prison, incarceration

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Filed Under: Interviews with Policy Makers, Parole and Probation, Probation, Reentry, What Works

Victim Services-An Academic Approach-DC Public Safety

August 20, 2009 by

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Welcome to DC Public Safety – radio and television shows on crime, criminal offenders and the criminal justice system.

See http://media.csosa.gov for our television shows, blog and transcripts.

The transcript for this program is available at http://media.csosa.gov/podcast/transcripts/2009/10/victim-services-an-academic-approach-dc-public-safety/

We welcome your comments or suggestions at leonard.sipes@csosa.gov or at Twitter at twitter.com/lensipes.

The show interviews Dr. William Sondervan, Executive Director of the Center for Criminal Justice Administration at the University of Maryland-University College (wsondervan@umuc.edu, www.umuc.edu) and Roberta Roper, Chair of the Maryland Crime Victims Resource Center addressing an academic approach to crime victimology. Roberta can be reached at rroper@mdcrimevictims.org or 1-877-VICTIM1.

The show is hosted by Leonard Sipes. The producer is Timothy Barnes.

Meta terms: Crime victim, victimology, victims of crime, police, law enforcement, university, college, criminal justice, education, leadership, professional development, crime, criminals, criminal justice, parole, probation, prison

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Filed Under: Professional Development, Victim Services
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