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Reentry Programs and the Researchers Who Evaluate Them: What It Takes to Build an Effective Partnership

By CSG Justice Center Staff Second Chance Act grantees collaborate with representatives from the NRRC. CSG Justic...

Recidivism Rates: What You Need to Know

The rate at which people return to prison following release is a key measure of the performance of the nation’s criminal justice system,...

Second Chance Act Spotlight: Grant Awards Help Iowa Corrections Officers Focus Efforts to Improve Reentry Outcomes

By CSG Justice Center Staff When change came to the Iowa Department of Corrections (DOC), then corrections officer Ernie Galbreath was on the groun...

May 27, 2021

Achieving Cultural Competency in Behavioral Health and Criminal Justice

Cultural competency is vital for successfully implementing criminal justice and behavioral health programs. But even though many behavioral health...

Providing Robust Evidence for High-Stakes Decision-Making

This article from the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) provides an overview of reentry, focusing on NIJ’s contributions to the field and identifyin...

The Data Analytic Recidivism Reduction Tool

The Data Analytic Recidivism Tool (DART) helps answer questions about recidivism in New York City, such as: Are people that commit a certain...

Evaluating the Impact of Adult Correctional Education

By Darian Hanrahan According to a 2014 meta-analysis by the RAND Corporation, adults who participated in correctional education programs were shown t...

Second Chance Act Grantees Use a Continuous Quality Improvement Approach in Corrections and Community Supervision

By NRRC Staff Across the country, criminal justice professionals have committed to analyzing drivers of recidivism and implementing evidence-based ...

Berkeley Study Shines Light on the Pressures of Being a Corrections Officer

By The Council of State Governments Justice Center Staff It’s widely known that jails and prisons can be violent and stressful places to work. But ...

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