Alex Breno
Biographic Data
| ID | 6924265 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alex Breno |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alex |
| FAMILY NAME | Breno |
| SIGNATURE | BRENO A |
| AFFILIATIONS | George Mason University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0735-3103 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Impact of County-level health infrastructure on participation in a reform effort to reduce the use of jail for individuals with mental health disorders
What Matters More in Explaining Drug Court Graduation and Rearrest
This study examines the program- and individual-level factors that impact the success of drug court clients in terms of: (1) graduation; and (2) not being arrested while participating in the court program. The data consist of 848 individuals in nine drug courts. This paper discusses how different individual- and program-level factors impact the success of drug court participants. The findings suggest that individual- and program-level factors are…
What Makes or Breaks Evidence-Based Supervision? Staff and Organizational Predictors of Evidence-Based Practice in Probation
Research on staff and organizational factors that affect receptivity, adoption, feasibility, and utilization of innovations in justice settings is limited. This study uses survey data from 349 employees in one probation agency to assess how staff and perceived organizational factors influence attitudes related to evidence-based practices (EBPs) and their self-reported use. Staff characteristics, including education and knowledge about EBPs, and p…
Effective Probation Strategies to Respond to Signals of Poor Progress on Community Supervision
With over 4 million adults under community supervision and an average of 30% that do not fare well, an unanswered question is which strategies reduce the likelihood of technical, absconding, and new arrest violations during the early phase of supervision. Utilizing data on 32,335 moderate to high-supervised individuals on supervision in North Carolina, the study found that success during the first 6 months is due to probation officers’ use of inc…
Probation Under Quarantine
In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic rapidly changed how organizations had to operate to decrease public health risk. Consequently, COVID-19 had substantial impacts on probation organizations, their staff, and the clients they serve. The current study examines how this pandemic affected one California probation agency. Using administrative data (n = 36 months) and staff surveys (n = 216), the study found that COVID-19 affected population trends, change…
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Probation Under Quarantine
In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic rapidly changed how organizations had to operate to decrease public health risk. Consequently, COVID-19 had substantial impacts on probation organizations, their staff, and the clients they serve. The current study examines how this pandemic affected one California probation agency. Using administrative data (n = 36 months) and staff surveys (n = 216), the study found that COVID-19 affected population trends, change…
Impact of County-level health infrastructure on participation in a reform effort to reduce the use of jail for individuals with mental health disorders
What Matters More in Explaining Drug Court Graduation and Rearrest
This study examines the program- and individual-level factors that impact the success of drug court clients in terms of: (1) graduation; and (2) not being arrested while participating in the court program. The data consist of 848 individuals in nine drug courts. This paper discusses how different individual- and program-level factors impact the success of drug court participants. The findings suggest that individual- and program-level factors are…
What Makes or Breaks Evidence-Based Supervision? Staff and Organizational Predictors of Evidence-Based Practice in Probation
Research on staff and organizational factors that affect receptivity, adoption, feasibility, and utilization of innovations in justice settings is limited. This study uses survey data from 349 employees in one probation agency to assess how staff and perceived organizational factors influence attitudes related to evidence-based practices (EBPs) and their self-reported use. Staff characteristics, including education and knowledge about EBPs, and p…
Effective Probation Strategies to Respond to Signals of Poor Progress on Community Supervision
With over 4 million adults under community supervision and an average of 30% that do not fare well, an unanswered question is which strategies reduce the likelihood of technical, absconding, and new arrest violations during the early phase of supervision. Utilizing data on 32,335 moderate to high-supervised individuals on supervision in North Carolina, the study found that success during the first 6 months is due to probation officers’ use of inc…
Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis (5 works) · Medicine (4 works) · Environmental health (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Applied Psychology (2 works) · Crime Patterns and Interventions (2 works) · Nursing (2 works) · Population (2 works) · Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending (2 works)