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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.