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Reentry

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Publications and Multimedia

Following are federal or federally-sponsored topical resources released in recent years:

In Focus: Youth Reentry and Family Engagement
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, March 2023

Correctional Populations in the United States
Bureau of Justice Statistics, Annual

Probation and Parole Populations
Bureau of Justice Statistics, Annual

Expungement: Criminal Records as Reentry Barriers
National Institute of Justice -Sponsored, October 2022

Second Chance Act Reentry Education and Employment
Bureau of Justice Assistance, July 2022

Study protocol paper for the multisite randomized controlled trial of comprehensive trauma informed reentry services for moderate to high-risk young males releasing from state prisons
National Institute of Justice, June 2022

From Successful Reentry to Stronger Communities
National Institute of Justice, May 2022

Programs That Support Corrections and Reentry
Bureau of Justice Assistance, May 2022

Programs That Support Reentry
Bureau of Justice Assistance, March 2022

Building Second Chances: Tools for Local Reentry Coalitions
Bureau of Justice Assistance-Sponsored, April 2022

Participatory Research: What Is It and How Can It Strengthen Your Reentry Program Evaluation?
Bureau of Justice Assistance -Sponsored, April 2022

Reentry Research at NIJ: Providing Robust Evidence for High-Stakes Decision-Making
National Institute of Justice, April 2022

Planning a Reentry Program: A Toolkit for Tribal Communities
Bureau of Justice Assistance, October 2021

Understanding Incarceration and Re-Entry Experiences of Female Inmates and their Children: The Women’s Prison Inmate Networks Study (WO-PINS)
National Institute of Justice-Sponsored, October 2021

Child Support and Reentry (Executive Summary)
National Institute of Justice, September 2021

Female Reentry and Gender-Responsive Programming: Recommendations for Policy and Practice
National Institute of Justice, May 2021

NIJ's Role Under the First Step Act
National Institute of Justice, January 2021

What if They Are All High-Risk for Attrition? Correlates of Retention in a Longitudinal Study of Reentry from Prison
National Institute of Justice-Sponsored, 2021

Tapping Into Artificial Intelligence: Advanced Technology to Prevent Crime and Support Reentry
National Institute of Justice, August 2020

Returning and Healing: Recommendations for Rape Crisis Centers Working with Sexual Violence Survivors Coming Home from Incarceration
Office for Victims of Crime-Sponsored, June 2020

Preparing People for Reentry From Jails and Prisons During the COVID-19 Epidemic
Bureau of Justice Assistance-Sponsored, May 2020

In Focus: Juvenile Reentry
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, April 2020

Specialized Smartphones Could Keep Released Offenders on Track for Successful Reentry
National Institute of Justice, April 2020

For additional and historical items from the Office of Justice Programs on this and other topics, see the Publications list.

Date Modified: April 14, 2023
Date Created: August 13, 2020