{"id":135677,"date":"2023-06-07T11:26:55","date_gmt":"2023-06-07T15:26:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135677///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135677//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135677//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135677//?p=135677"},"modified":"2025-03-13T14:13:24","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T18:13:24","slug":"ucf-led-research-team-to-develop-pandemic-guidelines-for-community-supervision-agencies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135677///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135677//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135677//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135677//ucf-led-research-team-to-develop-pandemic-guidelines-for-community-supervision-agencies/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135677//","title":{"rendered":"Âé¶¹Ó³»­´«Ã½-led Research Team to Develop Pandemic Guidelines for Community Supervision Agencies"},"content":{"rendered":"

The COVID-19 pandemic brought with it many challenges, but a Âé¶¹Ó³»­´«Ã½ researcher and her team are finding silver linings by using the experience to help correction agencies develop new guidelines for probation and parole supervision during viral pandemics./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135677/n

The work can help ensure people on probation and parole get the help they need while also maintaining public safety./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135677/n

Jill Viglione, an associate professor in the Department of Criminal Justice, is the principal investigator of the new project, which is funded by a three-year, $670,000 grant from the U.S. National Science Foundation./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135677/n

The team/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135677/u2019s findings will be readily accessible and disseminated via the American Probation and Parole Association (APPA) to better inform and prepare community supervision agencies moving forward./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135677/n

Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, community supervision agencies were forced to drastically adapt policies and best practices to address public safety goals for supervising those on probation or parole while reducing the spread of COVID-19. This included supervision through virtual meetings to maintain social distance./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135677/n

Some of Viglione/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135677/u2019s previous research examined the pandemic/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135677/u2019s impact on community supervision agencies from 2020 through 2022 and provided foundational research on how agencies and officers adapted. However, she says one of the greatest challenges they faced was a lack of clear and consistent guidelines /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135677/u2014 the impetus for this project./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135677/n