Job applicants with criminal records are much less likely than those without them to obtain legitimate employment. Recent efforts to address this prob...
This three-year pilot project tests innovative strategies to reduce recidivism and increase job readiness for people returning to their communities ...
This report from the Bureau of Justice Statistics examines seasonal patterns in violent and household property incidents in the United States from 199...
This report from the Urban Institute examines criminal background checks as a significant collateral consequence for people in the justice system and ...
This publication from the Illinois Sentencing Policy Advisory Council (SPAC) examines data on recidivism in the state of Illinois. The brief updates t...
This report from ICF International discusses the impact of wrongful convictions for victims of crimes. A wrongful conviction is defined as a case in w...
More than 150 cities and counties and 34 states and Washington, DC, have adopted ban-the-box policies, which remove questions about criminal history f...
By Darian Hanrahan
According to a 2014 meta-analysis by the RAND Corporation, adults who participated in correctional education programs were shown t...
This bulletin from the Bureau of Justice Statistics provides estimates for the rates and levels of victimization in the United States in 2013, as well...