“Officer-Offender Relationship Quality Matters: Supervision Process as Evidence-Based Practice” summarizes promising research about the complex relationship corrections professionals have with offenders. The importance of balance in a “dual relationship” is included in the Effective Practices In Community Supervision (EPICS) and Core Correctional Practices (CCP) models in use within the Sonoma County Probation Department. This article describes aspects of effective dual relationships and presents research that links high-quality dual relationships with improved public safety outcomes.

Manchak, S., Kennealy, P., & Skeem, J. (2014).  Officer-offender relationship quality matters:  Supervision process as evidence-based practice.  Featured article, Perspectives: A Journal of the American Probation and Parole Association, 38, 56-70