Marriage Between Research and Practice: Standards and Appropriateness Statements for Implementation

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William D. Burrell is an independent corrections management consultant specializing in implementation of evidence-based practices in community corrections. From 2003 to 2007, he was a member of the faculty in the Department of Criminal Justice at Temple University in Philadelphia. Prior to joining the Temple faculty, Bill served for nineteen years as chief of adult probation services for the New Jersey state court system. He has consulted, and developed and delivered training on evidence-based practices for probation and parole agencies at the federal, state and county levels across the US. His book, Community Corrections Management: Issues and Strategies, was published in 2012 by the Civic Research Institute. Bill is currently the lead consultant for an NIC-funded project at Temple University-Harrisburg to revise and update four core NIC evidence-based practices reports. He is also leading an NIC-funded project with the American Probation and Parole Association to develop standards for adult probation and parole.

Dr. May has over twenty years of experience in criminal justice and has served in top leadership positions for the two largest CSCDs in Texas. In 2013, she was appointed as Director of the Harris County CSCD where she oversees a staff of 800 employees, manages a $60 million dollar budget, and is responsible for the supervision of 45,000 offenders. Dr. May has worked extensively in the development and implementation of innovative strategies to maximize resources and provide effective supervision and treatment services. Dr. May has been recognized as a national and state leader in the implementation of sustainable evidence-based practices in criminal justice. She serves on numerous local and state committees and provides testimony regarding policy and funding decisions for the legislature. Dr. May received her Ph.D. from Southern Methodist University and is a licensed clinical psychologist in the State of Texas. She served as an adjunct professor Southern Methodist University for over ten years, teaching Forensic Psychology, Personality Psychology, and Behavioral Action of Drugs.

Glenn has over 33 years of leadership and criminal justice experience in the public sector in Colorado to include 26 years in community supervision. His career includes 23 consecutive years with the State of Colorado in strategic oversight and advancement of Colorado’s community corrections systems to include his current full-time position as Director of Probation Services for Colorado’s Judicial Department. Glenn has over 12 years of executive leadership experience in both the executive and judicial branches of government. Glenn’s tenured experience with the state policy process, strategic implementation of evidence-based practices and programs, and multi-level collaboration is augmented with advanced education and experience with academic instruction. Glenn has an ardent commitment to excellence in criminal justice administration that is centered in the application of science to public safety policy. Glenn has presented at national and state conferences to include the Council of State Governments Justice Center, the American Probation and Parole Association (APPA), Bureau of Justice Assistance, the APPA Leadership Institute, International Association of Chiefs of Police, National Conference of Drug Court Professionals, the Federal Judiciary Center, and many statewide recidivism reduction conferences. Glenn also serves on several state and national advisory committees to advance innovation in the justice system.

Faye S. Taxman Faye S. Taxman, Ph.D., is a University Professor at the Schar School of Policy and Government at George Mason University.She has active "laboratories" with numerous agencies including Virginia Department of Corrections, Alameda County Probation Department (CA), Hidalgo County Community Corrections Department (TX), North Carolina Departmen She is a health service criminologist. She is recognized for her work in the development of seamless systems-of-care models that link the criminal justice system with other health care and other service delivery systems and reengineering probation and parole supervision services. She has conducted experiments to examine different processes to improve treatment access and retention, to assess new models of probation supervision consistent with RNR frameworks, and to test new interventions. t of Corrections, and Delaware Department of Corrections. She developed the translational RNR Simulation Tool (www.gmuace.org/tools) to assist agencies to advance practice. Dr. Taxman has published more than 200 articles. She is the current Principal Investigator for the National Institute on Drug Abuse ‘s Justice Community Opioid Innovation Network (JCOIN). She is author of numerous books including Implementing Evidence-Based Community Corrections and Addiction Treatment (Springer, 2012 with Steven Belenko) and Handbook on Moving Corrections and Sentencing Forward: Building on the Record (with Pamela Lattimore and Beth Huebner, Routledge Press, 2020). She is co-Editor of Health & Justice. The American Society of Criminology's Division of Sentencing and Corrections has recognized her as Distinguished Scholar twice as well as the Rita Warren and Ted Palmer Differential Intervention Treatment award. She received the Joan McCord Award in 2017 from the Division of Experimental Criminology. In 2018, she was appointed a Fellow of the American Society of Criminology. In 2019, she received the lifetime achievement award from the American Society of Criminology's Division of Sentencing and Corrections. She has a Ph.D. from Rutgers University’s School of Criminal Justice.