Reentry
NIJ’s Role Under the First Step Act
The First Step Act of 2018 (the Act) aims to reform the federal prison system and reduce recidivism.
NIJ plays a key role in major components of the Act and will assist the Attorney General in —
- Assessing the Federal Bureau of Prisons’ existing risk and needs assessment system.
- Developing and evaluating a...
2022 Review and Revalidation of the First Step Act Risk Assessment Tool
NIJ 2021 Forecasting Challenge: Filtering Winners by Year, Variables, and Methods
NIJ's 2021 Recidivism Forecasting Challenge aimed to improve the ability to forecast recidivism using person- and place-based variables with the goal of improving outcomes for those serving a community supervision sentence.
As a condition of receiving their prize, each of the 25 winners[1] were asked to submit a research paper that describes which variables did and did not matter to the final forecasting model...
Emerging Relevance of Neuroscience in Corrections
NIJ FY23 Research and Evaluation on Sentencing and Resentencing
NIJ FY23 Research and Evaluation on Jails
Defending and Managing the Pipeline: Lessons for Running a Randomized Experiment in a Correctional Institution
Study Protocol Paper for the Multisite Randomized Controlled Trial of Comprehensive Trauma Informed Reentry Services for Moderate to High-risk Young Males Releasing from State Prisons
Expungement: Criminal Records as Reentry Barriers
Evaluation of a Community-focused Violence Intervention and Prevention Program
"Shadow Costs: The Effect of Economic and Informational Inequality on Court-Order Compliance".
Predicting Recidivism Fairly: A Machine Learning Application Using Contextual and Individual Data
Signs of Success for Probationers and Parolees With Mental Health and Substance Abuse Problems
Justice Atlas of Sentencing and Corrections
From Successful Reentry to Stronger Communities
Leveraging Technology to Support Prisoner Reentry
Taking Stock: An Overview of NIJ's Reentry Research Portfolio and Assessing the Impact of the Pandemic on Reentry Research
Over several decades, the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) has made significant contributions to the field of reentry, specifically what works for whom and when. In recent years, however, the global pandemic has made it increasingly difficult to conduct research on and with populations involved with the justice system. During this time, many researchers assessing various justice-related outcomes were unable to continue their inquiries as planned due to a lack of access to their populations of interest, forcing many to pivot and rethink their research designs.
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Learning from Doing Evaluating the Effectiveness of the Second Chance Act Grant Program
Reauthorized in 2018, the Second Chance Act (SCA) aims to reduce recidivism and improve outcomes for people returning from state and federal prisons, local jails, and juvenile facilities through the provision of federal grants. During this panel, National Institute of Justice-funded researchers will detail two ongoing evaluations of the SCA grant program:
- An evaluation of the effectiveness of the SCA grant program per Title V of the First Step Act.
- A longitudinal examination of the long-term impacts of the SCA program.
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The Hidden Costs of Reentry: Understanding the Barriers to Removing a Criminal Record
NIJ hosted a webinar to discuss under-researched aspects of reentry: expungement of criminal records and the impact of those records. This webinar includes a presentation of ongoing research projects examining the impact of legal aid for expungement and past research projects studying the accuracy and permanency of criminal records and the prevalence of collateral consequences of conviction. A Q&A session will conclude this webinar.
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