EBDM Starter Kit 1d: Conducting a Stakeholder Analysis Navigating the Roadmap Activity 1: Build a genuine, collaborative policy team. Introduction Through the process of working to become an evidence-based decision making criminal justice system, your team will develop a comprehensive understanding of your current criminal justice system and a vision of what that system could […]
EBDM Starter Kit 1c: Creating a Vision for Your Policy Team Navigating the Roadmap Activity 1: Build a genuine, collaborative policy team. Introduction Clarity of outcome is critical to the success of any team. A fundamental starting place for a system of evidence-based decision making is agreement among key policymakers regarding their overarching purpose—or vision—for […]
EBDM Starter Kit 1b: Administering a Collaboration Survey Navigating the Roadmap Activity 1: Build a genuine, collaborative policy team. Introduction Research suggests that the presence of genuine collaborative relationships among members of a team is a key ingredient to the team’s success in achieving its vision, mission, and goals. When specific conditions are successfully met, […]
EBDM Starter Kit 1a: Conducting an EBDM Readiness Checklist Navigating the Roadmap Activity 1: Build a genuine, collaborative policy team. Introduction Jurisdictions interested in working towards building an EBDM justice system may want to begin by assessing their readiness for undertaking such work. The EBDM Readiness Checklist is designed to establish your “baseline” for working […]
EBDM Starter Kit Activity 1: Build a genuine, collaborative policy team Collaboration in the criminal justice system seeks to overcome the limitations of traditional and nonsystemic approaches to criminal justice problem solving and solution development. It brings together stakeholders to share information, develop common goals, and jointly create policies to support those goals. “Stakeholders” are […]
EBDM Starter Kit EBDM Starter Kit Introduction The Evidence-Based Decision Making (EBDM) in Local Criminal Justice Systems Starter Kit provides guidance to jurisdictions interested in implementing the EBDM Framework. The Starter Kit outlines a planning process that is informed by the experiences of the seven EBDM sites that participated in Phase II of the EBDM […]