Research and Policy Library
This folder contains material pertaining to issues regarding recidivism, rehabilitation, and issues in incarceration.
Resources
Download Adobe Acrobat PDF Reader
-
Arming the Courts with Research: 10 Evidence-Based Sentencing Initiatives to Control Crime and Reduce Costs
-
New Compendium of Recidivism Studies Unveiled (The Sentencing Project)
-
State of Recidivism: The Revolving Door of America's Prisons (Pew Center on the States)
-
LEARNING to Reduce Recidivism: A 50-state analysis of post-secondary correctional education policy
-
In Need of Correction: The Prison Cycle of Health Care (Community Voices: Healthcare for the Underserved)
-
Bazelon Center: Ending the Criminalization of People With Mental Illnesses
-
Rebuilding Families, Reclaiming Lives: State Obligations to Children in Foster Care and Their Incarcerated Parents
-
The Collateral Effect of Incarceration of Fathers, Families and Communities
-
Riding the Bus: Barriers to Prison Visitation and Family Management Strategies (Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice, Vol. 21 No. 1, February 2005 31-48)
-
Hard Hit: The Growth in the Imprisonment of Women, 1977-2004
-
Correctional Industries Preparing Inmates for Reentry: Recidivism and Post-Release Employment
-
Stop the Revolving Door: Giving Communities and Youth the Tools to Overcome Recidivism: Recommendations on Juvenile Reentry in New York City
-
Caught in the Net: The Impact of Drug Policies on Women and Families
-
Homeless Shelter Use and Reincarceration Following Prison Release in New York
-
Making Work Pay: Promoting Employment and Better Child Support Outcomes for Low-Income and Incarcerated Parents
-
Drug Offenders: Various Factors May Limit the Impacts of Federal Laws that Provide for Denial of Selected Benefits
-
Building Bridges: An Act to Reduce Recidivism by Improving Access to Benefits for Individuals with Psychiatric Disabilities upon Release from Incarceration (Full text & Commentary)
-
Principles of Drug Abuse Treatment for Criminal Justice Populations - A Research-based Guide
-
Building Bridges: An Act to Reduce Recidivism by Improving Access to Benefits for Individuals with Psychiatric Disabilities upon Release from Incarceration (Model law text only)
-
Enduring Risk? Old Criminal Records and Short-Term Predictions of Criminal Involvement
-
Scarlet Letters and Recidivism: Does An Old Criminal Record Predict Future Recidivism?
-
The Diminishing Returns of Increased Incarceration: A Blueprint to Improve Public Safety and Reduce Costs