{"id":110327,"date":"2020-06-17T14:19:37","date_gmt":"2020-06-17T18:19:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/?p=110327"},"modified":"2020-09-30T15:43:41","modified_gmt":"2020-09-30T19:43:41","slug":"ucf-study-will-look-at-covid-19-effects-on-services-that-help-prevent-reoffending","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/ucf-study-will-look-at-covid-19-effects-on-services-that-help-prevent-reoffending\/","title":{"rendered":"麻豆原创 Study Will Look at COVID-19 Effects on Services that Help Prevent Reoffending"},"content":{"rendered":"

With many in-person services halted because of the COVID-19 pandemic<\/a>, correctional agencies responsible for probation and parole have had to find new ways to help ensure people are receiving the help they need while also maintaining public safety.<\/p>\n

These agencies, which traditionally rely on face-to-face interaction, serve some 6 million Americans by helping them find and maintain employment, attend substance-abuse treatments, ensure they are paying fines and don\u2019t reoffend.<\/p>\n

And considering these agencies are typically slow to change, the problem of how they can serve a large number of vulnerable people in new ways, and do so quickly, becomes incredibly complex, says Jill Viglione, an assistant professor in 麻豆原创\u2019s Department of Criminal Justice<\/a>.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s why Viglione is working on a National Science Foundation-funded project to find out how correctional agencies across the country have adapted their policies and practices during the pandemic. The researcher received a $105,467 Rapid Response Research award from NSF for the project, and the results will inform a website that will include effective strategies that agencies can look to now and in the future.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn addition to providing data on innovations used across the country to help during the immediate crisis, we\u2019re also working to develop the foundation for best practices for corrections agencies to use during future public-health crises,\u201d Viglione says. \u201cCorrectional agencies are likely going to need to have pandemic-response plans going forward.\u201d<\/p>\n

Since Viglione studies organizational change in correctional agencies, she was interested to find out how they were dealing with the forced changes caused by COVID-19.<\/p>\n

She says some of the ways agencies may have adapted include:<\/p>\n