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Reentry Literature Table of Contents

Altschuler, David, M. and Rachel Bush
    2004 – "Adolescent and Teenage Offenders Confronting the Challenges and Opportunities of Reentry," Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice.

Atkinson, Rob and Knut A. Rostad
    2003 – "Can Inmates Become an Integral Part of the U.S. Workforce?" Urban Institute Reentry Roundtable, Employment Dimensions of Reentry: Understanding the Nexus between Prisoner Reentry and Work.

Austin, James
    2001 – "Prisoner Reentry: Current Trends, Practices, and Issues." Crime & Delinquency.

Austin, James and Patricia L. Hardyman
    2004 – "The Risks and Needs of the Returning Prisoner Population." Review of Policy Research.

Bazemore, Gordon and Jeanne Stinchcomb
    2004 – "A Civic Engagement Model of Reentry: Involving Community Through Service and Restorative Justice."

Belenko, Steven
    2006 – "Assessing Released Inmates for Substance-Abuse-Related Service Needs." Crime & Delinquency.

Blitz, Cynthia L., Nancy Wolff, Ko-Yu Pan, and Wendy Pogorzelski
    2005 – "Gender-Specific Behavioral Health and Community Release Patterns Among New Jersey Prison Inmates: Implications for Treatment and Community Reentry." American Journal of Public Health.

Bobbitt, Mike and Marta Nelson
    2004 – "The Front Line: Building Programs that Recognize Families' Role in Reentry." Vera Institute of Justice, State Sentencing and Corrections Program

Brooks, Lisa E., Christy A. Visher and Rebecca L. Naser
    2006 – "Community Residents' Perceptions of Prisoner Reentry in Selected Cleveland Neighborhoods." Urban Institute, Justice Police Center Research Report

Brown, Brenner and Robin Campbell
    2005 – "Smoothing the Path from Prison to Home; A Roundtable Discussion on the Lessons of Project Greenlight." Vera Institute of Justice

Brucker, Debra
    2006 – "Re-Entry to Recovery; A Promising Return-to-Work Approach for Certain Offenders with Mental Illness." Criminal Justice Policy Review.

Burke, Peggy and Michael Tonry
    2006 – "Successful Transition and Reentry for Safer Communities: A Call to Action for Parole." Center for Effective Public Policy (CEPP). 

Bushway, Shawn
    2003 – "Reentry and Prisoner Work Programs." Urban Institute Reentry Roundtable. Employment Dimensions of Reentry: Understanding the Nexus between Prisoner Reentry and Work.

Butzin, Clifford A., Steven S. Martin, and James A. Inciardi
    2005 – "Treatment During Transition from Prison to Community and Subsequent Illicit Drug Use." Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment.

Byrne, James M. and Faye S. Taxman
    2004 – "Targeting for Reentry: Inclusion/Exclusion Criteria Across Eight Model Programs." Federal Probation.

Byrne, James M., Faye S. Taxman, and Douglas Young
    2002 – "Emerging Roles and Responsibilities in the Reentry Partnership Initiative: New Ways of Doing Business." Bureau of Governmental Research, Reentry Partnership Initiative (RPI) Series, University of Maryland, College Park.  

Cadigan, Timothy P.
    2004 – "Instituting a 'Reentry' Focus in the Federal Probation System." Federal Probation.

Campbell, Robin
    2003 – "Just 'Cause." Vera Institute of Justice Newsletter (March/April).

Clear, Todd R., Dina R. Rose and Judith A. Ryder
    2001 – "Incarceration and the Community: The Problem of Removing and Returning Offenders." Crime & Delinquency.

Couturier, Lance, Frederick Maue and Catherine McVey
    2005 – "Releasing Inmates With Mental Illness and Co-Occurring Disorders into the Community." Corrections Today.  (A longer version of this article was published in the Jail Suicide/Mental Health Update, a joint project of the National Center on Institutions and Alternatives and the National Institute of Corrections, U.S. Department of Justice.)

Crow, Iain
    2006 – "Resettling Prisoners: A Review." National Offender Management Service, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield England.

Draine, Jeffrey, Nancy Wolff, Joseph E. Jacoby, Stephanie Hartwell and Christine Duclos
    2005 – "Understanding Community Re-Entry of Former Prisoners with Mental Illness: A Conceptual Model to Guide New Research." Behavioral Sciences and the Law.

Farole, Jr., Donald J.
    2003 – "The Harlem Parole Reentry Court Evaluation: Implementation and Preliminary Impacts."  Center for Court Innovation, New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services.

Flavin, Jeanne
    2004 – "Employment Counseling, Housing Assistance. and Aunt Yolanda?: How Strengthening Families' Social Capital Can Reduce Recidivism." Criminology & Public Policy.

Flavin, Jeanne and David Rosenthal
    2003 – "La Bodega de la Familia: Supporting Parolees' Reintegration Within a Family Context." Fordham Urban Law Journal.

Fleming, Kevin, Wendy Hirsch, R. Lal, J. Piper, A. Sharma, T. Shimada and N. Todd
    2005 – "Understanding the Challenges of Offender Reentry in Allegheny County, Phase II: Human Services Supply Gaps and Policy Simulation Model." Carnegie Mellon Heinz School of Public Policy and Management

Freeman, Richard
    2003 – "Can We Close the Revolving Door?: Recidivism vs. Employment of Ex-Offenders in the U.S." Urban Institute Reentry Roundtable, Employment Dimensions of Reentry: Understanding the Nexus between Prisoner Reentry and Work.

Freudenberg, Nicholas, Jessie Daniels, Martha Crum, Tiffany Perkins and Beth E. Richie
    2005 – "Coming Home from Jail: The Social and Health Consequences of Community Reentry for Women, Male Adolescents, and Their Families and Communities." American Journal of Public Health. 

Gnall, Kathleen and Gary Zajac
    2005 – "Assessing for Success in Offender Reentry." Corrections Today.

Going Home to Stay: A Guide for Successful Reentry for Men and Women. (A directory for Cuyahoga County 2006-07). United Way

Griswold, Esther A. and Jessica Pearson
    2005 – "Turning Offenders into Responsible Parents and Child Support Payers." Family Court Review.

Gupta, Ravindra A., Kelly J. Kelleher, Kathleen Pajer, Jack Stevens and Alison Cuellar
    2005 – "Delinquent Youth in Corrections: Medicaid and Reentry Into the Community." Pediatrics.

Haimowitz JD, Stephan
    2004 – "Slowing the Revolving Door: Community Reentry of Offenders With Mental Illness." Psychiatric Services

Hairston, J. Creasie Finney
    2002 – "Prisoners and Families: Parenting Issues During Incarceration." Urban Institute Conference. 

Hammett, Theodore M., Cheryl Roberts and Sofia Kennedy
    2001 – "Health-Related Issues in Prisoner Reentry."  Crime and Delinquency.

Henderson, Martha L. and Dena Hanley
    2006 – "Planning for Quality: A Strategy for Reentry Initiatives." Western Criminology Review. 

Herman, Susan and Cressida Wasserman
    2001 – "A Role for Victims in Offender Reentry." Crime & Delinquency.

Holtfreter, Kristy, Michael D. Reisig and Merry Morash
    2004 – "Poverty, State Capital, and Recidivism Among Women Offenders." Criminology & Public Policy.

Holzer, Harry S., Steven Raphael and Michael A. Stoll
    2002 – "Can Employers Play a More Positive Role in Prisoner Reentry?" Urban Institute Reentry Roundtable, Prisoner Reentry and the Institutions of Civil Society: Bridges and Barriers to Successful Reintegration. 

Holzer, Harry S., Steven Raphael and Michael A. Stoll
    2003 – "Employment Barriers Facing Ex-Offenders." Urban Institute Reentry Roundtable. Employment Dimensions of Reentry: Understanding the Nexus between Prisoner Reentry and Work.

Immerwahr, John and Jean Johnson
    2002 – "The Revolving Door: Exploring Public Attitudes Toward Prisoner Reentry." Urban Institute Reentry Roundtable, Prisoner Reentry and the Institutions of Civil Society: Bridges and Barriers to Successful Reintegration.

Jeffries, John M., Suzanne Menghraj and Creasie Finney Hairston
    2001 – "Serving Incarcerated and Ex-Offender Fathers and Their Families: A Review of the Field." Vera Institute of Justice.

Jucovny, Linda
     2006 – "Just Out; Early Lessons from the Ready4Work Prisoner Reentry Initiative." Public/Private Ventures.

LaFond, John Q. and Bruce J. Winick
    2003 – "Sex Offender Reentry Courts: A Cost Effective Proposal for Managing Sex Offender Risk in the Community." Annals of New York Academy of Science. 

Lamb, H. Richard, Linda E. Weinberger and Bruce H. Gross
    1999 – "Community Treatment of Severely Mentally Ill Offenders Under Jurisdiction of the Criminal Justice System: A Review." Psychiatric Services. 

Latessa, Edward J.
    2004 – "The Challenge of Change: Correctional Programs and Evidence-Based Practices." Criminology & Public Policy

Lattimore, Pamela K., Susan Brumbaugh, Christy Visher, Christine Lindquist, Laura Winterfield, Meghan Salas and Janine Zweig
    2004 – "Serious and Violent Offender Reentry Initiative." National Portrait of SVORI. RTI and Urban Institute

LaVigne, Nancy G., Gillian L. Thomson, Christy Visher, Vera Kachnowski and Jeremy Travis
    2003 – "A Portrait of Prisoner Reentry in Ohio." Urban Institute Research Report.

LaVigne, Nancy G., Christy Visher and Jennifer Castro
    2004 – "Chicago Prisoners' Experiences Returning Home." Urban Institute.

LaVigne, Nancy G., Samuel J. Wolf and Jesse Jannetta
    2004 – "Voices of Experience: Focus Group Findings on Prisoner Reentry in the State of Rhode Island." Urban Institute Research Report. 

LaVigne, Nancy G. and Jake Cowan
    2005 – "Mapping Prisoner Reentry: An Action Research Guidebook." Urban Institute Research Report. 

LaVigne, Nancy G., Vera Kachnowski, Jeremy Travis, Rebecca Naser and Christy Visher
    2003 – "A Portrait of Prisoner Reentry in Maryland." Urban Institute Research Report.

LaVigne, Nancy G., Cynthia A. Mamalian, Gillian L. Thomson and Jamie Watson
    2004 – "Prisoner Reentry in Idaho." Urban Institute Research Report.

LaVigne, Nancy G. and Vera Kachnowski
    
2005 – "Texas Prisoners' Reflections on Returning Home." Urban Institute.

Leverentz, Andrea
    2006 – "People, Places, and Things: The Social Process of Reentry for Female Ex-Offenders." NCJRS, U.S. Department of Justice. 

Levin, Marc Esq., Director of the Center for Effective Justice
    2006 – "Laying the Foundation for Better Probation"

Lewis, Jim
    2006 – "Strange Bedfellows: Are the dogs and cats of criminal justice sleeping together?"

Lindquist, Christine, Jennifer Hardison and Pamela K. Lattimore
    2003 – "Reentry Courts Process Evaluation (Phase 1), Final Report." NCJRS, U.S. Department of Justice.

Lowenkamp, Christopher T. and Edward J. Latessa
    2005 – "Developing Successful Reentry Programs: Lessons Learned From The 'What Works' Research." Corrections Today.

Lurigio, Arthur J., Angie Rollins and John Fallon
    2004 – "The Effects of Serious Mental Illness on Offender Reentry." Federal Probation.

Lynch, James P. and William J. Sabol
    
2001 – "Prisoner Reentry in Perspective." Crime Policy Report, Urban Institute Justice Policy Center.

MacKenzie, Doris Layton
    
2000 – "Evidence Based Corrections: Identifying What Works." Crime & Delinquency.

Maguire, Mike and Peter Raynor
    
2006 – "How the Resettlement of Prisoners Promote Desistance from Crime: Or Does It?" Criminology & Criminal Justice

Maruna, Shadd and Thomas P. LeBel
    
2003 – "Welcome Home? Examining the 'Reentry Court' Concept from a Strengths-Based Perspective." Western Criminology Review.

McBride, Elizabeth C., Christy Visher and Nancy LaVigne
    2005 – "Informing Policy and Practice: Prisoner Reentry Research at the Urban Institute."  Corrections Today

McKean, Lise and Charles Ransford
    
2004 – "Current Strategies for Reducing Recidivism." Center for Impact Research, Developing Justice Coalition. 

McRoberts, Omar M.
     2002 – "Religion, Reform, Community: Examining the Idea of Church-Based Prisoner Reentry." Urban Institute Reentry Roundtable, Prisoner Reentry and the Institutions of Civil Society: Bridges and Barriers to Successful Reintegration. 

Mears, Daniel P. and Jeremy Travis
    2004 – "The Dimensions, Pathways, and Consequences of Youth Reentry." Urban Institute Research Report. 

Metraux, Stephen and Dennis P. Culhane
    2004 – "Homeless Shelter Use and Reincarceration Following Prison Release." Criminology & Public Policy

Naser, Rebecca L. and Christy A Visher
    2006 – "Family Members' Experiences with Incarceration and Reentry." Western Criminology Review. 

Nelson, Marta and Jennifer Trone
    2000 – "Why Planning for Release Matters." Vera Institute of Justice, State Sentencing and Corrections Program. 

National Governors Association (NGA) Center for Best Practices
    2005 – "Improving Prisoner Reentry Through Strategic Policy Innovations." Issue Brief, Social, Economic, & Workforce Programs Division.

National Governors Association (NGA) Center for Best Practices
    2004 – "National and Federal Initiatives on Prisoner Reentry." Council of State Governments (CSG).

Osher, Fred, Henry J. Steadman and Heather Barr
    2003 – "A Best Practice Approach to Community Reentry from Jails for Inmates With Co-Occurring Disorders: The APIC Model." Crime & Delinquency

Osher, Fred, Henry J. Steadman and Heather Barr
    2002 – "A Best Practice Approach to Community Reentry from Jails for Inmates With Co-Occurring Disorders: The APIC Model." National GAINS Center, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.

Pearson, Jessica and Lanae Davis
    2003 – "Serving Fathers Who Leave Prison." Family Court Review.

Petersilia, Joan
    1999 – "Parole and Prisoner Reentry in the United States." Crime and Justice.

Petersilia, Joan
    2001 – "Prisoner Reentry: Public Safety and Reintegration Challenges." The Prison Journal.

Petersilia, Joan
     2005 – "Hard Time; Ex-Offenders Returning Home After Prison." Corrections Today.

Petersilia, Joan
     2004 – "What Works in Prison Reentry? Reviewing and Questioning the Evidence." Federal Probation

Pettus, Carrie A.
     2006 – "Paving the Way for Effective Reentry Practice; The Critical Role and Function of the Boundary Spanner." The Prison Journal.

Piehl, Anne
     2003 – "Crime, Work, and Reentry." Urban Institute Reentry Roundtable, Employment Dimensions of Reentry: Understanding the Nexus between Prisoner Reentry and Work.

Pogorzelski, Wendy, Nancy Wolff, Ko-Yu Pan and Cynthia Blitz
    2005 – "Behavioral Health Problems, Ex-Offender Reentry Policies, and the 'Second Chance Act'." American Journal of Public Health

Prisoner Re-Entry, Religion and Research. Caliber Associates (www.calib.com).

Promising Pathways to Prisoner Reintegration. Caliber Associates (www.calib.com).

Richie, Beth E.
     2001 – "Challenges Incarcerated Women Face as They Return to Their Communities: Findings From Life History Interviews." Crime & Delinquency.

Roman, Caterina Gouvis and Jeremy Travis
    2004 – "Taking Stock: Housing, Homelessness, and Prisoner Reentry." Urban Institute Final Report.

Roman, John, Michael Kane, Emily Turner and Beverly Frazier
    2006 – "Instituting Lasting Reforms for Prisoner Reentry in Philadelphia." Urban Institute Research Report. 

Roman, Caterina Gouvis
    2004 – "A Roof is Not Enough: Successful Prisoner Reintegration Requires Experimentation and Collaboration." Criminology & Public Policy

Rose, Dina and Todd Clear
    2002 – "Incarceration, Reentry and Social Capital: Social Networks in the Balance." Paper presented at a conference sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Conference and the Urban Institute. 

Rossman, Shelli
    2001 – "Services Integration: Strengthening Offenders and Families, While Promoting Community Health and Safety." Urban Institute National Policy Conference, From Prison to Home: The Effect of Incarceration and Reentry on Children, Families and Communities.

Scally, Corianne and Kathe Newman
    2003 – "Housing Barriers to Prisoner Reentry in New Jersey." New Jersey Institute for Social Justice Reentry Roundtable.

Seiter, Richard P. and Karen R. Kadela
    2003 – "Prisoner Reentry: What Works, What Does Not, and What Is Promising." Crime & Delinquency.

Shapiro, Carol
     2003 – "Families: A Critical Resource for New Jersey's Prisoner Reentry Strategy." New Jersey Institute of Social Justice.

Sickmund, Melissa
     2005 – "New Survey Provides a Glimpse Of The Youth Reentry Population." Corrections Today.

Snyder, Howard N.
    2004 – "An Empirical Portrait of the Youth Reentry Population." Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice. 

Solomon, Amy L., Kelly Dedel Johnson, Jeremy Travis and Elizabeth C. McBride
    2004 – "From Prison to Work: The Employment Dimensions of Prisoner Reentry." Urban Institute Research Report

Solomon, Amy L., Vera Kachnowski and Avinash Bhati
    2005 – "Does Parole Work? Analyzing the Impact of Postprison Supervision on Rearrest Outcomes." Urban Institute. 

Solomon, Amy L., Tobi Palmer, Alvin Atkinson, Joanne Davidson and Lynn Harvey
    2006 – "Prisoner Reentry: Addressing the Challenges in Weed and Seed Communities." Urban Institute Research Report.

Steinberg, Laurence, He Len Chung and Michelle Little
    2004 – "Reentry of Young Offenders from the Justice System: A Developmental Perspective." Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice.

Sullivan, Mercer L.
    2004 – "Youth Perspectives on the Experience of Reentry." Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice. 

Taxman, Faye S., Douglas Young, James M. Byrne, Alexander Holsinger and Donald Anspach
    2002 – "From Prison Safety to Public Safety: Innovations in Offender Reentry." Bureau of Governmental Research, University of Maryland, College Park.

Taxman, Faye S.
    2004 – "The Offender and Reentry: Supporting Active Participation in Reintegration." Federal Probation. 

Taxman, Faye S., Douglas Young and James M. Byrne
    N.D. – "Offender's Views of Reentry: Implications for Processes, Programs, and Services." Bureau of Governmental Research. University of Maryland, College Park.

Taxman, Faye S.
    2004 – "Research and Relevance: Lessons from the Past, Thoughts for the Future." Criminology & Public Policy.

Thalberg, Rebecca S.
    2006 – "Family Based Reentry Programming: A Promising Tool for Reducing Recidivism and Mitigating the Economic and Societal Costs of Incarceration in California." California Sentencing & Corrections Policy Series, Stanford University Criminal Justice Center. 

Travis, Jeremy, Elizabeth Cincotta McBride and Amy L. Solomon
    2003 – "Families Left Behind: The Hidden Costs of Incarceration and Reentry." Urban Institute Justice Policy Center.

Travis, Jeremy, Amy L. Solomon and Michelle Waul
    2001 – "From Prison to Home: The Dimensions and Consequences of Prisoner Reentry." Urban Institute Justice Policy Center. 

Travis, Jeremy and Joan Petersilia
    2001 – "Reentry Reconsidered: A New Look at an Old Question." Crime & Delinquency. 

Travis, Jeremy
     2003 – "In Thinking about 'What Works,' What Works Best?" The Margaret Mead Address at the National Conference of the International Community Corrections Association, November 10, 2003.

Travis, Jeremy, Sinead Keegan, Eric Cadora, Amy Solomon and Charles Swartz
    2003 – "A Portrait of Prisoner Reentry in New Jersey." Urban Institute Justice Policy Center Research Report.

Visher, Christy, Vera Kachnowski, Nancy LaVigne and Jeremy Travis
    2004 – "Baltimore Prisoners' Experiences Returning Home." Urban Institute.

Visher, Christy, Nancy LaVigne and Jill Farrell
    2003 – "Illinois Prisoners' Reflections on Returning Home." Urban Institute.

Visher, Christy A., Nancy G. LaVigne and Jennifer L. Castro
    2003 – "Returning Home: Preliminary Findings from a Pilot Study of Soon-To-Be Released Prisoners in Maryland." Justice Research and Policy

Visher, Christy A. and Jeremy Travis
    2003 – "Transitions from Prison to Community: Understanding Individual Pathways." Annual Review of Sociology.

Washington State Institute for Public Policy
    2006 – "Evidence-Based Adult Corrections Programs: What Works and What Does Not." Washington State Institute for Public Policy

Western, Bruce, Jeffrey R. Kling and David F. Weiman
    2001 – "The Labor Market: Consequences of Incarceration." Crime & Delinquency. 

Winterfield, Laura, Pamela K. Lattimore, Danielle M. Steffey, Susan Brumbaugh and Christine Lindquist
    2006 – "The Serious and Violent Offender Reentry Initiative: Measuring the Effects on Service Delivery." Western Criminology Review.

Wodahl, Eric J.
     2006 – "The Challenges of Prisoner Reentry from a Rural Perspective." Western Criminology Review.

Works, Cynthia
     2003 – "Reentry-The Tie That Binds Civil Legal Aid Attorneys and Public Defenders." Clearinghouse Review Journal of Poverty Law and Policy.

Young, Douglas, Faye S. Taxman and James M. Byrne
    2002 – "Engaging the Community in Prisoner Reentry." Bureau of Governmental Research. University of Maryland, College Park. 10/2/06 vk