Identifying Pathways and Solutions to Reduce Revocation Rates
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SESSION INFO

Tuesday, August 24, 2021
9:30AM - 10:30AM
Session Type: Workshop
Arnold Ventures and the CUNY Institute for State and Local Governance (ISLG) launched the Reducing Revocations Challenge to increase knowledge surrounding the pathways that lead to revocations of community supervision and drive jail and prison admissions. The Challenge supported action research in ten jurisdictions around the country to explore in-depth drivers of probation failure and use the information learned to develop policy and realistic strategies to improve outcomes. This workshop will highlight key findings from Monroe County, Indiana where implementation of various evidenced-informed and evidenced-based practices had already begun, including employing a system for contingency management (incentives and sanctions), assigning caseloads based on risk, and obtaining extensive training in Effective Practices in Community Supervision (EPICS). Additionally, the presenters will share strategies focused on disrupting the pathways to revocation to increase success for clients engaged in community supervision.

SESSION PRESENTERS
Prof. Eric Grommon
Associate Professor, Indiana University Perdue University Indianapolis


Eric Grommon is an applied criminologist who joined the O’Neill School at IUPUI in 2012 soon after earning his Ph.D. from Michigan State University’s School of Criminal Justice. His research interests include corrections, offender reentry, and the evaluation of justice system programs, policies, and operations.

Mr. Troy Hatfield
Deputy Chief Probation Officer, Monroe Circuit Court Probation Department


Troy Hatfield is the Deputy Chief Probation Officer in Monroe County, Indiana. He has over 23 years of experience in community supervision and currently oversees adult and juvenile probation and the court alcohol and drug program. Troy also serves as the president of the Probation Officers Professional Association of Indiana.

Dr. Evan Marie Lowder
Assistant Professor, George Mason University


Evan Marie Lowder received her Ph.D. in Psychology from North Carolina State University in 2017. Her research focuses on strategies to reduce offending and improve behavioral health outcomes among justice-involved adults, with emphasis on serious mental illnesses and substance use disorders, pre-booking and court-based diversion programs, opioid use, and risk and needs assessment.

Michelle Ying
Research Coordinator, Indiana University Bloomington


Michelle Ying is a Project Coordinator at Indiana University – Bloomington. She manages several grants in criminal justice focusing on community corrections, especially topics related to race, class, gender and other social justice issues.