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Louisiana

Most Challenging of Contexts

Date Published
2015
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Program/Project Evaluation, Program/Project Description
Agencies
NIJ

Some Hurricane Relief

Date Published
May 2006
Publication Type
Program/Project Description
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored

Going Home (or Not): How Residential Change Might Help the Formerly Incarcerated Stay Out of Prison

October 2011

Dr. Kirk discusses how Hurricane Katrina affected those formerly incarcerated persons originally from New Orleans and their likelihood of returning to prison. Kirk also discussed potential strategies for fostering residential change among those who were incarcerated, focusing specifically on parole residency policies and the provision of public housing vouchers.