{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"EP 247: Taking RNR Across Cultures. Carolina B\u00e1ez Hern\u00e1ndez on Evidence, Implementation, and Reform","description":"What does it take to move evidence-based corrections across cultures \u2014 and make reform survive the real world? In this episode of The Criminologist Podcast, Joseph Arvidson sits down with Chilean psychologist and correctional reform specialist Carolina B\u00e1ez Hern\u00e1ndez for a wide-ranging conversation about evidence-based practice, Risk-Need-Responsivity, implementation, culture, leadership, and the realities of correctional reform. Joe and Carolina first met in Barcelona at the International Training School on Core Correctional Skills, where Joe was an instructor and Carolina was a participant. Their professional paths later crossed again in Uruguay, where Carolina joined Joe during his Fulbright Specialist work with prison professionals, and most recently in Bali, where they presented together at the World Congress on Probation and Parole. Their conversation explores questions that matter far beyond any single country or correctional system: \u2022 What happens when evidence-based models developed in one setting are introduced into another culture? \u2022 How do we balance fidelity with adaptation? \u2022 Why is implementation rarely just a technical problem? \u2022 What roles do politics, culture, leadership, and narrative play in whether reform succeeds or collapses? \u2022 What can Latin America teach the rest of the world about rehabilitation, resilience, and justice reform? One of the central themes of the episode is simple but powerful: Good evidence is not enough. Reform succeeds or fails in the space between research and implementation. For probation and parole professionals, correctional leaders, researchers, policymakers, educators, and anyone interested in making evidence-based practice work in the real world, this is a conversation you will not want to miss. \ud83c\udf99\ufe0f Guest: Carolina B\u00e1ez Hern\u00e1ndez \ud83c\udfa7 Host: Joseph Arvidson, The Criminologist Podcast #Corrections #Probation #Parole #RNR #EvidenceBasedPractice #ImplementationScience #CriminalJustice #Desistance #Rehabilitation ","author_name":"The Criminologist","author_url":"http:\/\/sites.libsyn.com\/242735\/site","html":"