NIJ-Funded Research Examines What Works for Successful Reentry
Date Published
Series
NIJ Journal
Sponsored or Published
Published
Reentry
Soil Fungal and Nematode Community Changes as a Methodology for Determining Long-Term Postmortem Interval after Cadaver Mass Loss
2017-R2-CX-0008
Open
Funding First Awarded
2019
$50,000
Seasonal Effects on Carrion Decomposition and Insect Colonization
2017-R2-CX-0004
Open
Funding First Awarded
2019
$48,599
NIJ Day at American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting
November 15, 2019, 11:00 am EST - November 15, 2019, 7:50 pm EST
Conference
Open
Risk and Rehabilitation: Supporting the Work of Probation Officers in the Community Reentry of Extremist Offenders
2019-ZA-CX-0003
Awarded, but not yet accepted
Funding First Awarded
2019
$715,752
Multi-site Randomized Controlled Trial of Comprehensive Trauma Informed Reentry Services for Moderate to High Risk Youth Releasing From State Prisons
2019-MU-CX-0065
Awarded, but not yet accepted
Funding First Awarded
2019
$1,197,172
The Experiences of Men with Substance Use Disorders Exiting Prison at the Height of the Opioid Crisis
2019-R2-CX-0010
Awarded, but not yet accepted
Funding First Awarded
2019
$91,097
Experimental Test of Rehabilitative Field Work for Moderate-to-High Risk Adults
2019-R2-CX-0012
Awarded, but not yet accepted
Funding First Awarded
2019
$1,465,043
Resource Facilitation: A promising initiative shown to decrease recidivism in exiting offenders with traumatic brain injury
2019-R2-CX-0030
Awarded, but not yet accepted
Funding First Awarded
2019
$792,751
Using Technology to Facilitate Successful Reentry Outcomes: A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Web-Based Reentry Planning Tool
2019-R2-CX-0023
Awarded, but not yet accepted
Funding First Awarded
2019
$1,169,360
A Randomized Controlled Trial of ACTV versus T4C for Community Reentry: Differential Efficacy and Mechanisms of Change
2019-R2-CX-0013
Awarded, but not yet accepted
Funding First Awarded
2019
$641,386
AI Enabled Community Supervision for Criminal Justice Services
2019-75-CX-K001
Awarded, but not yet accepted
Funding First Awarded
2019
$1,999,778
Northwest Indian Community Development Center- Tribal Law and Policy Institute Research Partnership
2019-75-CX-0016
Awarded, but not yet accepted
Funding First Awarded
2019
$105,000
AI R&D to Support Community Supervision: Integrated Dynamic Risk Assessment for Community Supervision
2019-75-CX-0012
Awarded, but not yet accepted
Funding First Awarded
2019
$1,197,273
State Responses to Mass Incarceration
June, 2011
Researchers have devoted considerable attention to mass incarceration, specifically its magnitude, costs, and collateral consequences. In the face of economic constraints, strategies to reduce correctional populations while maintaining public safety are becoming a fiscal necessity. This panel will present strategies that states have undertaken to reduce incarceration rates while balancing taxpayer costs with ensuring public safety.
Recent Changes in Corrections and Reentry: Thoughts from Two Leaders in the Field
August, 2019
What changes are you seeing in corrections and reentry?
Terri McDonald, chief probation officer, Los Angeles County Probation Department and John Wetzel, secretary of corrections, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections talk about recent changes in corrections and reentry. Wetzel elaborates on what the Pennsylvania DOC is facilitating with housing and how it individualizes its reentry programs. McDonald remarks on Los Angeles County’s systems approach to reentry and the idea of treating the whole person.
Evaluating Reentry Programs Using Data and Science
August, 2019
How do you use data and science to measure program success?
John Wetzel, secretary of corrections, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections and Grant Duwe, Ph.D., director of research and evaluation, Minnesota Department of Corrections explain how their agencies evaluate programs using data and science. Duwe details how the most effective programs provided by the Minnesota DOC have been those that focus on known risk factors for recidivism.
Reentry Discussion: Overcoming Challenges When Leaving Incarceration
August, 2019
Alix McLearen, Ph.D., acting assistant director, Reentry Services Division, Federal Bureau of Prisons and John Wetzel, secretary of corrections, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections discuss programs and services that their agencies offer to help individuals overcome the challenges encountered when leaving incarceration. These various programs and services address the individuals’ needs in areas such as physical and mental health, addiction, education, vocation, and life skills.
Going Home (or Not): How Residential Change Might Help Former Offenders Stay Out of Prison
October, 2011
Dr. Kirk discusses how Hurricane Katrina affected ex-prisoners originally from New Orleans and their likelihood of returning to prison. Kirk also discussed potential strategies for fostering residential change among ex-prisoners, focusing specifically on parole residency policies and the provision of public housing vouchers.
Research on Returning Offender Programs and Promising Practices
It’s a rare event to have so many influential parts of the government convened in one room, and I’m honored to have the opportunity to address you today.
My name is David Muhlhausen and I am the director of the National Institute of Justice, which is the research, development, and evaluation arm of the Department of Justice.
I’ve also been recently appointed by the Attorney General to be the Executive Director of the President’s Federal Interagency Council on Crime Prevention and Improving Reentry.
"Getting Ready Program": Remaking Prison Life to Prepare Inmates for Reentry
June, 2009
Interview with Dora Schriro, Arizona Department of Corrections