In the identity theory of desistance, optimism is important to individual transformation. Yet, as the authors of this article assert, unfounded optimi...
This resource from Bureau of Justice Assistance Second Chance Visiting Fellow John Bae introduces a framework to develop reentry ecosystems and highli...
This report from the Center for Justice Innovation (formerly the Center for Court Innovation) shares a new vision for evaluating community safety work...
Diversion allows a defendant to earn dismissal of a charge by satisfying conditions set by the prosecutor or court, thereby avoiding conviction. Expun...
According to this report to Congress from the Reentry Coordination Council, each year, about 600,000 people in the United States enter prisons; and ...
This journal article examines how to protect the benefits for youth of destroying records, while still ensuring that researchers, advocates, and decis...
This Collateral Consequences Resource Center report is the first-ever comprehensive national survey of the period of time a person, who is otherwise e...
This 2021 report highlights key developments in reintegration reforms from the past year. It documents that 40 states, the District of Columbia, and t...
Addressing this massive barrier to justice and severely limiting the role of fines and fees is essential to establishing a meaningful path to criminal...