Each year, nearly two million women are released from prison or jail. These women experience unique challenges during their reentry — the period of tr...
In the identity theory of desistance, optimism is important to individual transformation. Yet, as the authors of this article assert, unfounded optimi...
This journal article examines how to protect the benefits for youth of destroying records, while still ensuring that researchers, advocates, and decis...
This report from the National Institute of Justice aims to bridge the gap between researchers and practitioners; provide a better understanding of how...
This article, from the New York University Journal of Legislation and Public Policy, explores the long-term and often permanent impact of criminal rec...
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...