Correctional Operations
Research related to correctional operations is divided into categories:
Staff/Human Resources
- R433 The Impact of Simulated Firearms Training on Correctional Officer Firearms Requalification Farrell MacDonald, S., & Cram, S. (2019)
- R427 Major Disturbances: A Review of the Literature Hanby, L. & Ridha, T. (2020)
- R415 Anti-Corruption Models and Elimination of Staff Involvement in Trafficking Contraband in Correctional Settings: Review of the Current Literature Brown, G., & Hoffman, R. (2018)
- R408 The Effectiveness of Simulated Firearms Training for Correctional Officer Recruits Hanby, L & Selvendren, L. (2018)
- R385 An Assessment of the Women-Centred Training Orientation Program (WCTOP) (Nolan, A., Harris, A., & Derkzen, D. 2017).
- R317 Staff Perspectives on Working with Aboriginal Offenders who Self-Injure: What Works, What Doesn’t, and the Role of Culture (Power, Beaudette & Varis, 2014)
- R305 Therapeutic Alliance and Offender-Staff Relations in Women’s Corrections (Harris, Taylor, Brown & Booth, 2014)
- R276 Working With Offenders Who Self-Injure: Fostering Staff Resilience In High Stress Situations (Power & Usher, 2014)
- R219 Wellness at Work: A Matter of Choice for a Better Future (Bensimon, 2010)
- RR-16-10 A Review of the Literature on the Prevention and Treatment of Vicarious Trauma (2017)
- RS-14-18 Exploration of Staff Training Needs Regarding Inuit Offenders (2014)
- RS-14-15 Dynamic Security Practice among Correctional Officers: Acquiring the Skills (2014)
- RS-14-13 Establishing Rapport with Offenders: The Experience of Correctional Officers (2014)
- RS-14-06 Aboriginal Women Offenders' Use of Aboriginal-specific Staff for Reintegration Purposes (2014)
- ERR-16-25 Staff Perspectives on the Electronic Monitoring Research Pilot (2017)
Archive
- R179 Correctional Officers and Their First Year: An Empirical Investigation (Bensimon, 2005) PDF
- R165 Correctional Officer Recruits During the College Training Period: An Examination (Bensimon, 2005) PDF
- R146 Correctional Officer Recruits and the Prison Environment : A Research Framework (Bensimon, 2004) PDF
- R103 Correctional Officers Professional Orientation Scales (Tellier, Dowden, Fouriner & Franson, 2001) PDF
- R102 Profile of Correctional Officer Recruits (Tellier, Mileto, Dowden & Vuong, 2001) PDF
- R44 Attitudes of Federal Correctional Officers Towards Offenders (Larivière & Robinson, 1996) PDF
- R21 Staff Commitment in the Correctional Service of Canada (Robinson, Porporino & Simourd, 1992) PDF
- R20 Background to the Staff Commitment Research Project (Robinson, Simourd, & Porporino 1992) PDF
- R13 Conditional Release Supervision Standards: An Update on Training for Offender Risk/Needs Assessment (Motiuk & Brunet, 1991) PDF
- R18 Research on Staff Commitment: A Discussion Paper (Robinson, Simourd, & Porporino 1990) PDF
- R8 Case Management Strategies Survey (Andrews, D.A., Hodge, Robinson & Andrews, F.J., 1990)PDF
- B-17 Results of the 1996 CSC Staff Survey: A Synopsis (1997)
- B-8 CSC Staff Survey of Knowledge and Attitudes Regarding Family Violence (1994)
- B-2 Literature Review: The Effects of Uniforms in Corrections (1989)
Institutional Operations and Security
- R427 Major Disturbances: A Review of the Literature Stanley, D., McKendy, L., & Biro, S. (2019)
- R397 Synthetic Cannabinoid Use in Correctional Populations – An Emerging Challenge for Offender Health and Safety? A Brief Review (Ali, F., Hill, C., & Fischer, B. 2017)
- R390 Assessing Susceptibility to Group-Based Influence (Scott, T. 2017)
- R384 Ways Forward: Applying Lessons Learned in the Management of Radicalized Offenders to Canadian Federal Corrections (Stys, Y., McEachran, R., & Axford, M. 2016)
- R380 Who is Detained Past Statutory Release? (Schultheis, E., & Helmus, L. M. and Johnson, S. 2017)
- R379 Comorbid Mental Disorders: Prevalence and Impact on Institutional Outcomes (Stewart, LA, & Wilton G 2017)
- R376 Releases of Men Offenders Classified as Medium and Maximum Security (Gobeil, Cousineau, Power & Stewart 2015)
- R375 Detention Past Statutory Release Dates: Rates and Patterns (Helmus, L. M., & Johnson, S. 2015)
- R361 International Consultation: Best Practices in the Management of Radicalized Offenders (Axford, Stys & McEachran, 2015)
- R347 Criminal Organizations: An Examination of Gang Management Practices inside Canadian Institutions (Michel & Stys 2015)
- R345 Use of Programs and Interventions with Canada’s Federally Sentenced Radicalized Offenders (Michel & Stys, 2014)
- R344 Examining the Needs and Motivations of Canada’s Federally Incarcerated Radicalized Offenders (Stys & Michel, 2014)
- R331 Offender Behaviour: The Influence of Institutional Design (Gobeil, 2014)
- R329 Gender Differences in Disciplinary Sanctions within the Canadian Federal Offender Population (Harris & Thompson, 2014)
- R313 Study 1 of 3: A Qualitative Examination of Radicalization and Susceptibility to Radicalization (Stys, Gobeil, Harris & Michel, 2014)
- R313 Study 2 of 3: Comparisons of Radicalized and Non-Radicalized Federal Offenders (Stys, Gobeil, Harris & Michel, 2014)
- R313 Study 3 of 3: Estimating Susceptibility to Prison Radicalization (Stys, Gobeil, Harris & Michel, 2014)
- R312 Examining Gender Differences in Institutional Offences (Harris, Blanchette & Brown, 2014)
- R292 Gang Cohesion and Intervention Strategies: A Review of the Literature (Dunbar, 2012)
- R266 Review of the Prison Crowding and Double-Bunking Literature (Paquin-Marseille, Grant, & Michel, 2012)
- R258 Drug Detection Strategies: International Practices within Correctional Settings (Dastouri, Johnson, & Moser, 2012)
- R236 A Review of Use of Force in Three Types of Correctional Facilities (Varrette & Archambault, 2011)
- R232 Assessing the Impact of Enhanced Drug Interdiction Activities at Kingston Penitentiary: A Pilot Study (Johnson, Cheverie & Moser, 2010)
- B-57 Pilot Examination of a Self-Report Measure of Institutional Social Climate (Scott & Gobeil, 2015)
- ERR-16-08 A Profile of Offenders in the Electronic Monitoring Research Pilot: The First Year (2017)
- ERR-12-1 The Effects of Institutional Design on Offender Behaviour (2012)
- RIB-21-24 Examining Involvement Status of Security Threat Group (STG) Affiliated Men Offenders (2022)
- RIB-21-23 Federal Women Offenders' Involvement in Security Threat Groups (STGs) (2022)
- RIB 21-22 Indigenous Federal Offenders in Structured Interventions Units and the Mainstream Population (2022)
- RIB 21-21 Black Federal Offenders in Structure Intervention Units and the Mainstream Population (2022)
- RIB 21-13 Characteristics of Federal Offenders in Structured Intervention Units, the Mainstream Population and Administrative Segregation (2021)
- RIB-18-15 The Impact of Multiple Grievors in the Offender Redress Process (2018)
- RIB-18-12 Double-bunking in Canadian Federal Corrections (2018)
- RIB-16-07 Examining Time Spent in Administrative Segregation (2016)
- RIB-16-06 Monitoring Flows and Turnover Rates in Administrative Segregation (2016)
- RIB-16-05 Trends in Administrative Segregation 2014 to 2016. (2016)
- RIB-14-46 Comparing Different Approaches to Managing Temporarily Detained Offenders (2015)
- RR-15-02 Offenders with Very Distant Parole Eligibility Dates: Themes from the Literature (2015)
- RR-11-02 Use of Drug Detection Dogs in Correctional Facilities: An International Review (2011)
- RR-11-01 Use of Ion Scanners in Correctional Facilities: An International Review (2011)
- RS-14-05 Urinalysis Results from the 2012/13 Fiscal Year (2014)
- RS-13-07 Gangs and institutional adjustment in the context of the Security Reclassification Scale (2012)
Archive
- R193 Waivers, Postponements and Withdrawals: Offenders, Parole Officers and National Parole Board Perspectives (Bottos & Cabana, 2009) PDF
- R197 Secure Units for Women Offenders: An Examination of Impacts (Gobeil, Taylor & Flight, 2008) PDF
- R189 The Restorative Justice Living Unit at Grande Cache Institution: Exploring the Application of Restorative Justice in a Correctional Environment (Petrellis, 2008) PDF
- R161 Street Gangs: A Review of Theory, Interventions, and Implications for Corrections (Jones, Roper, Stys & Wilson, 2004) PDF
- R149 Use of Random Urinalysis to Deter Drug Use in Prison: A Review of the Issues (MacPherson, 2004) PDF
- R114 An Analysis of Sexual Assaults During Hostage-takings and Forcible Confinements (Mailloux & Serin, 2002) PDF
- R107 Offender Population Movement: A Study of Minimum-security Placements (Motiuk, Serin, Luciani & Vuong, 2001) PDF
- R85 The Psychological Effects of 60 Days in Administrative Segregation (Zinger & Wichmann, 1999) PDF
- R83 Day Parole Outcome, Criminal History and Other Predictors of Successful Sentence Completion (Grant & Gillis, 1999) PDF
- R66 The Temporary Absence Program: A Descriptive Analysis (Grant & Millson, 1998) PDF
- R65 Personal Development Temporary Absences (Grant & Johnson, 1998) PDF
- R64 Work Release Program: How it is used and for what purposes (Grant & Beal, 1998) PDF
- R63 Case Management Preparation for Release and Day Parole Outcome (Grant & Gal, 1998) PDF
- R57 Case Characteristics of Segregated Offenders in Federal Corrections (Motiuk & Blanchette, 1997) PDF
- R51 Temporary Absence Program Participation and the Release of Federal Offenders (Motiuk & Belcourt, 1996) PDF
- R50 High-risk Violent Offenders in Canada (Bonta & Motiuk, 1996) PDF
- R45 Inmates Referred for Detention (1989-90 to 1993-94): A Comparative Analysis (Grant, 1996) PDF
- R39 Managing High-risk Offenders: A Post-detention Follow-up (Motiuk, Belcourt & Bonta, 1995) PDF
- R27 Unlawful Departures from Minimum Security Institutions: A Comparative Investigation (Johnston & Motiuk, 1992) PDF
- R25 An Analysis of Temporary Absences and the People Who Receive Them (Grant & Belcourt, 1992) PDF
- R23 Factors Related to Unlawful Walkaways from Minimum Security Institutions (Johnston & Motiuk, 1992) PDF
- R15 Measuring Performance Towards Corporate Objective No 1 (Porporino & Robinson, 1991) PDF
- R12 Literature Review on the Factors Related to Escape from Correctional Institutions (Sturrock, Porporino & Johnston, 1991) PDF
- R10 Differences in Response to Long-term Imprisonment: Implications for the Management of Long-Term Offenders (Porporino, 1991) PDF
- B-43 Prison Gangs: A Review and Survey of Strategies (2009) PDF
- B-31 Intensive Supervision Practices: A Preliminary Examination (2003) PDF
- B-3 Analysis of the Effects of the 1989 WP Strike (1989)
- RR-09-01 Structured offender day: A review of the existing literature (2009) PDF
Assessment and Classification
- R432 Adjustment of the Security Reclassification Scale (SRS): Elimination of the Administrative Segregation Item (Shanna Farrell-MacDonald, Angela Smeth, Rebecca Sullivan, Dena Derkzen 2019)
- R431 The Adjustment of the Security Reclassification Scale for Women (SRSW): Elimination of Administrative Segregation (K. Wardrop 2019)
- R425 Examination of Risk Assessment Tools Developed for Radicalized Individuals and their Application in a Correctional Context (Conley, R. 2019)
- R418 Risk Factors Related to the Initial Security Classification of Women Offenders: A Literature Review Wanamaker, K. A. (2018)
- R414 Revalidation of the Security Reclassification Scale (SRS) (Farrell MacDonald, S., Beauchamp, T., Conley, C., Cociu, L., & Scott, T. (2018).
- R413 Women Offender Assessment: Can Gender-Informed Variables Improve Prediction? Derkzen, D., Wardrop, K., & Wanamaker, K. (2019)
- R412 An Assessment of the Reliability and Validity of the Security Reclassification Scale for Women (SRSW) (Thompson, J., & Wardrop, K. (2018).
- R411 Inter-rater Reliability and Concurrent Validity of the MHNS (Stewart, L., Wanamaker, K., Wilton, G., & Toor, G.(2018).
- R403 Development and Validation of a Criminal Risk Index (CRI) for Federally Sentenced Offenders in Canada (Motiuk, L., & Vuong, B. (2018).
- R402 Development and Delivery of a Scale for the Evaluation of Risk-Needs (SERN) in Romanian Probation Services (Motiuk, Larry, (2018).
- R400 Can calculated ratings improve the Dynamic Factors Identification and Analysis – Revised? (Wilton, G., Stewart, L., & Motiuk, L. (2017)
- R395_w Women Offenders: Major Findings from the DFIA-R Research Studies (Stewart, L. A., Wardrop, K., Wilton, G., Thompson, J., Derkzen, D., & Motiuk, L. (2017).
- R395_i Indigenous Offenders: Major Findings from the DFIA-R Research Studies (Stewart, L. A., Wardrop, K., Wilton, G., Thompson, J., Derkzen, D., & Motiuk, L. 2017).
- R395 Reliability and Validity of the Dynamic Factors Identification and Analysis - Revised (Stewart, L., Wardrop, K., Wilton, G., Thompson, J., Derkzen, D., & Motiuk, L. 2017)
- R392 Suicide Risk Assessment Instruments: A Review of Current Literature (Brown, G., Hoffman, R., Neufeld, E. & T. Mrozewski (2017))
- R386 A Review of the Women Offender Risk/Need Research: In Search of Gender-Neutral, Women Salient and Women-Specific Risk Factors (Brown, S. 2017)
- R383 Low Risk Offenders: What Does the Research Tell Us? (Nolan, A., & Stewart, L. 2017)
- R371 Buffalo Sage Wellness House (BSWH) Section 81 Healing Lodge Process Review (Pilon, A.J.M., Jewell, L.M., Wormith, S.J., & Laboucane-Benson, P. 2015)
- R362 Ethnocultural Offenders: An Initial Investigation of Social History Variables at Intake (Keown, L. A., Gobeil, R., Biro, S. M., & Ritchie, M. B. 2015)
- R356 Aboriginal Social History Factors in Case Management (Keown, Gobeil, Biro & Beaudette, 2015)
- R342 Aboriginal Women: An Overview of the Correctional Process from Admission to Warrant Expiry (Thompson & Gobeil, 2015)
- R339 Static Factors Assessment in the Offender Intake Assessment Process: Relationship to Release and Community Outcomes (Helmus & Forrester, 2014)
- R334 Women who Sexually Offend: An Assessment of the Descriptive Model of Female Sexual Offending (Lufty & Derkzen, 2014)
- R325 Developing the Risk of Administrative Segregation Tool (RAST) to Predict Admissions to Segregation (Helmus, Johnson & Harris, 2014)
- R309 Construct Validity of the Static Factors Assessment in the Offender Intake Assessment Process (Helmus & Forrester, 2014)
- R289 An Examination of a Reweighted Custody Rating Scale for Women (Rubenfeld, 2014)
- R288 Evidence-Based Review of Gender-Matching in Psychotherapy to Inform Best Practices in Cross-Gender Facilitation of Women Offender’s Correctional Programming (Franklin, Rector & Trinneer, 2014)
- R286 Security Reclassification Scale (SRSW) for Shorter Review Periods among Federal Women Offenders (Thompson, McConnell & Paquin-Marseille, 2013)
- R281 Prediction of Re-Offence Using the SIR-R1 and a Proxy (Barnum & Gobeil, 2012)
- R280 Preliminary Development of a Dynamic Risk Assessment Tool for Women Offenders: An Examination of Gender Neutral and Gender Specific Variables (Zakaria, Allenby, Derkzen & Jones, 2013)
- R273 Revalidation of the Custody Rating Scale for Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Women Offenders (Barnum & Gobeil, 2012)
- R257 The Custody Rating Scale as Applied to Male Offenders (Gobeil, 2011)
- R239 Recidivism Risk Assessment for Aboriginal Males: A Brief Review of the Scientific Literature (Harris, Cousineau, Pagé, Sonnichesen & Varrette, 2011)
- ERR 14-2 Agreement Among Three Mental Health Screening Assessments Conducted at Intake (2014)
- RIB-22-16 Initial Custody Placements of Federally Sentenced Black Men (2022)
- RIB-17-12 Youth Histories of Federal Indigenous and Non-indigenous Offenders (2017)
- RIB-14-39 Utility of the Items of the Static Factors Assessment (SFA) with Aboriginal Male Offenders (2017)
- RR-14-5 Do offenders lie? The impact of socially desirable responding on risk assessment (2014)
- RR-14-4 Exploring Inconsistencies between Actuarial Measures and Final Decisions (2015)
- RS-14-29 Risk and Need among Young Adult Offenders (2014)
- RS-14-27 The Static Factors Assessment (SFA) of the Intake Assessment Process and Returns to Custody for Sex Offenders (2014)
- RS-14-26 Comparing Substance Use Patterns of Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal Women Offenders (2014)
- RS-14-24 Lifetime Substance Use Patterns of Women Offenders (2014)
- RS-14-12 Comparing Risk Instruments’ Predictive Strength (2014)
- RS-14-10 Reintegration Potential Ratings: Examination of Overrides (2014)
- RS-12-05 A Re-Validation of the Security Reclassification Scale (SRSW) among Federal Women Offenders for a period of at least six months (2012)
- RS-11-03 Offender Satisfaction with the Computerized Assessment of Substance Abuse (CASA) (2011)
Archive
- R206 Feasibility of an Inuit Specific Violence Risk Assessment Instrument (Harris, Cousineau, Pagé, Sonnichsen & Varrette, 2009) PDF
- R203 Assessing Security Reclassification with Male Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal Offenders (Gobeil, 2009) PDF
- R191 Revalidation of the Security Reclassification Scale for Women (SRSW) (Gobeil, Blanchette & Barrett, 2008) PDF
- R167 Development and Field-Test of a Gender-Informed Security Reclassification Scale for Women Offenders (Blanchette & Taylor, 2005) PDF
- R164 The Dynamic Factors Identification and Analysis (DFIA) Component of the Offender Intake Assessment (OIA) Process: A Meta-Analytic, Psychometric and Consultative Review (Brown & Motiuk, 2005) PDF
- R126 The Statistical Information on Recidivism - Revised 1 (SIR-R1) Scale : A Psychometric Examination (Nafekh & Motiuk, 2002) PDF
- R109 The Relevance of a Cultural Adaptation for Aboriginals of the Reintegration Potential Reassessment Scale (RPRS) (Sioui & Thibault, 2001) PDF
- R97 The Application of the community Intervention Scale to Women Offenders: Preliminary Findings (Dowden, Serin & Blanchette, 2001) PDF
- R96 Development of a Reliable Self-Report Instrument for the Assessment of Criminogenic Needs (Serin & Mailloux, 2001) PDF
- R92 A Review of Marital and Family Variables as they Relate to Adult Criminal Recidivism (Paolucc, Violato & Schofield, 2000) PDF
- R90 Case Needs Review: Employment Domain (Gendreau, Goggin & Gray, 2000) PDF
- R77 Case Needs Review: Associates/Social Interaction Domain (Goggin, Gendreau & Gray, 1998) PDF
- R76 A Review of the Literature on Personal/Emotional Need Factors (Robinson, Porporino & Beal, 1998) PDF
- R75 Case Needs Review: Substance Abuse Domain (Bolan, Henderson & Baker, 1998) PDF
- R67 Security Classification Using the Custody Rating Scale (Grant & Luciani, 1998) PDF
- R56 A Model for a Clinically-informed Risk Assessment Strategy for Sex Offenders (Serin, Barbaree, Seto, Malcolm & Peacock, 1997) PDF
- R47 An Operational Review of the Custody Rating Scale: Reliability, Validity and Practical Utility (Luciani, Motiuk & Nafekh, 1996) PDF
- R34 The Validity of Offender Needs Identification and Analysis in Community Corrections (Motiuk & Brown, 1993) PDF
- R6 Field Test of the Community Risk/Needs Management Scale: A Study of Offenders on Caseload (Motiuk & Porporino, 1989) PDF
- R4 Validation of an Adult Offender Classification System for Newfoundland and Labrador (Robinson & Porporino, 1989) PDF
- R2 Pilot Implementation of a Custody Rating Scale: Interim Report (Porporino, Luciani, Motiuk, Johnston & Mainwaring 1989) PDF
- R1 Offender Risk/Needs Assessment: A Study of Conditional Releases (Motiuk & Porporino, 1989) PDF
- B-9 A Comparison of the French and English Versions of the Computerized Lifestyle Assessment Instrument (1995)
- B-1 The Statistical Information on Recidivism Scale (1989)
Other/General
- R429 A Quantitative Examination of Factors Available in the Offender Management System Associated with Successful Release Wardrop, K., Sheahan, C., & Stewart, L. A. (2019)
- R389 The Relationship between Length of Incarceration and Recidivism (Rubenfeld, S. & Shanahan Somerville, M.C. 2017)
- R381 Child Victims of Federally Sentenced Offenders: A Profile of Victims and Perpetrators (Scott, T., Grace, R., Perley-Robertson, B., & McKercher, L. E. 2017)
- R278 Access to Victim Services by Registered Victims of Domestic Violence and Child Victims (Gobeil, Barnum, & Euchi, 2012)
- ERR-19-02 A Comprehensive Study of Recidivism Rates among Canadian Federal Offenders (2019)
- SR-15-02 Raising Offender Awareness of the Impact of Their Crimes on Their Victims: A Literature Review Brown, Shelley L., Serin, Ralph, Greiner, Leigh & Gottschall, Shannon (2015).
- RIB 22-17 Sexual Coercion and Violence in Federal Custody: 2021-2022 (2022)
- RIB-19-14 Offender Complaints and Grievances in Canadian Federal Corrections Larry Motiuk and Andre Arnet-Zargarian (2019).
- RIB-18-13 Processing Offender Grievances in Canadian Federal Corrections Larry Motiuk and Andre Arnet-Zargarian (2018).
- RS-12-07 Public Perceptions of Corrections, 2010 (2012)
Archive
- R150 A Review of the Emotional Intelligence Literature and Implications for Corrections (Stys & Brown, 2004) PDF
- R147 Citizens' Advisory Committees in Canada (Trevethan, Rastin, Bell & Gillis, 2004) PDF
- R74 Results of the Legal Services Client Satisfaction Survey March 1997 - March 1998 (Sinclair, Dell & Boe, 1998) PDF
- R5 Role of the Research Branch (Porporino, 1989) PDF
- Date modified :
- 2022-12-20