Higher Education and the Recruitment, Training, and Retention of Community Corrections Personnel in the Coming Era of Criminal Justice Reform

The justice system in general, and community corrections specifically, are in the midst of a paradigm shift away from a carceral approach to offending and toward a rehabilitative/restorative perspective that will require personnel to approach their work differently. Regardless of the backgrounds of those coming into the field, they need to be open to a Risk-Needs-Responsivity-based approach to working with offenders in the community, and agencies must adapt to incorporate best practices based on empirical findings.