Each year, nearly two million women are released from prison or jail. These women experience unique challenges during their reentry — the period of tr...
This report, from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE), summari...
A large proportion of people in the criminal justice system have substance addictions: a Bureau of Justice Statistics study found, for example, that n...
The long-term, sometimes lifelong, impact of a criminal record often keeps many qualified people from obtaining employment and accessing housing, hi...
This paper, from Case Western Reserve University School of Law's Health Matrix Journal of Law-Medicine, will compare competing jurisdictions’ policies...
This report from Office of Sex Offender Sentencing, Monitoring, Apprehending, Registering, and Tracking (SMART Office) of the Office of Justice Progra...
In response to significant concern over a lack of stable housing for individuals reentering the community after sexual offense convictions, the Connec...
Risk assessment instruments figure prominently in current criminal justice reforms, but their use is controversial. The principal concern is that bene...
The past several years have seen a surge of interest in using risk assessment in criminal sentencing, both to reduce recidivism and to reduce prison p...