Mass Incarceration and Offender Reentry in the United States.
Javitze, Russell D.
Mass Incarceration and Offender Reentry in the United States. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (178 pages) - Criminal Justice, Law Enforcement and Corrections . - Criminal Justice, Law Enforcement and Corrections .
Intro -- MASS INCARCERATION ANDOFFENDER REENTRY IN THEUNITED STATES -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- OFFENDER REENTRY:CORRECTIONAL STATISTICS, REINTEGRATIONINTO THE COMMUNITY, AND RECIDIVISM -- ABSTRACT -- BACKGROUND -- CORRECTIONAL SYSTEM STATISTICS -- Population in Correctional Facilities -- EX-OFFENDERS UNDER COMMUNITY SUPERVISION -- Recidivism -- OFFENDER REENTRY: A BRIEF LITERATURE REVIEW -- Offender Reentry Defined -- Program Effectiveness: The "What Works" Literature -- CURRENT LAW -- FEDERAL OFFENDER REENTRY PROGRAMS -- Offender Reentry Programs at the Department of Justice (DOJ) -- Offender Reentry Programs at Other Federal Agencies -- LEGISLATION IN THE 110TH CONGRESS -- The Second Chance Act -- Other Offender Reentry-Related Legislation -- CURRENT LEGISLATIVE ISSUES -- Adequacy of Existing Offender Reentry Programs -- Lack of Current Federal Recidivism Statistics -- Focus on Recidivism -- Coordination between Federal Agencies -- Evaluations of Offender Reentry Programs -- Appropriations for the Second Chance Act -- CONCLUSION -- APPENDIX A:SECTION-BY-SECTION COMPARISON OF THE SECONDCHANCE ACT AMENDMENTS TO CURRENT OFFENDERREENTRY GRANT PROGRAM -- Amendments to Current Offender Reentry Grant Program ( 101) -- Improvement of the Residential Substance Abuse Treatment forState Offenders Program (102) -- Definition of Violent Offender for Drug Court Program (103) -- New Offender Reentry Grant Programs -- State and Local Reentry Courts (111) -- Drug Treatment Alternative to Prison Programs ( 112) -- Family Substance Abuse Treatment Alternatives to IncarcerationGrants (113) -- Grants to Evaluate and Improve Educational Methods at Prisons,Jails, and Juvenile Facilities (114) -- Technology Careers Training Demonstration Grants -- New Drug-Treatment and Mentoring Grant Programs. Offender Reentry Substance Abuse and Criminal JusticeCollaboration Program (201) -- Mentoring Grants to Nonprofit Organizations (211) -- Responsible Reintegration of Offenders (212) -- Bureau of Prisons Policies on Mentoring Contacts (213) -- Bureau of Prisons Policies on Chapel Library Material (214) -- Federal Prisoner Reentry Program (231) -- Offender Reentry Research (241) -- Grants to Study Post-Incarceration Supervision Violations (242) -- Addressing the Needs of Children of Incarcerated Parents (243) -- Study of Effectiveness of Depot Naltrexone for Heroin Addiction -- Authorization of Appropriations for Research (245) -- Clarification of Authority to Place Prisoner in CommunityCorrections (251) -- Residential Drug Abuse Program in Federal Prisons (252) -- Contracting for Services for Post-Conviction Supervision ofOffenders (253) -- Extension of National Prison Rape Elimination Commission (261) -- REFERENCES -- MASS INCARCERATION IN THEUNITED STATES:AT WHAT COST?∗ -- OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. JIM WEBB,U.S. SENATOR FROM VIRGINIA -- OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. CAROLYN B.MALONEY,VICE CHAIR, U.S. REPRESENTATIVE FROM NEW YORK -- STATEMENT OF HON. SAM BROWNBACK,U.S. SENATOR FROM KANSAS -- STATEMENT OF HON. ROBERT C. "BOBBY" SCOTT,U.S. REPRESENTATIVE FROM VIRGINIA -- STATEMENT OF DR. GLENN C. LOURY,PROFESSOR OF ECONOMICS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES,BROWN UNIVERSITY -- STATEMENT OF DR. BRUCE WESTERN, DIRECTOR,INEQUALITY AND SOCIAL POLICY PROGRAM, KENNEDYSCHOOL OF GOVERNMENT, HARVARD UNIVERSITY -- STATEMENT OF ALPHONSO ALBERT,EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, SECOND CHANCES -- STATEMENT OF DR.MICHAEL P. JACOBSON,DIRECTOR, VERA INSTITUTE OF JUSTICE -- STATEMENT OF PAT NOLAN, VICE PRESIDENT,PRISON FELLOWSHIP -- SUBMISSIONS FOR THE RECORD -- Prepared Statement of Senator Jim Webb -- Prepared Statement of Carolyn Maloney, Vice Chair. JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEESENATE REPUBLICANSSENATOR SAM BROWNBACK, SENIOR REPUBLICANSENATOR -- PREPARED STATEMENT OF CONGRESSMAN ROBERT C."BOBBY" SCOTT, CHAIRMAN FOR THE SUBCOMMITTEE ONCRIME, TERRORISM, AND HOMELAND SECURITY -- PREPARED STATEMENT OF GLENN C. LOURY,MERTON P. STOLTZ PROFESSOR OF THE SOCIAL SCIENCES,DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS, BROWN UNIVERSITY -- Mass Incarceration and American Values -- Drug Arrests of Blacks Spike in Late 80's -- SPATIAL EFFECTS -- Responses by Dr. Glenn C. Loury to Questions from RepresentativeRobert C. "Bobby" Scott -- PREPARED STATEMENT OF BRUCE WESTERN, DIRECTOR,DEPARTMENT OF SOCIOLOGY, HARVARD UNIVERSITY -- I. Trends in Incarceration -- II. Invisible Disadvantage -- III. The Labor Market After Prison -- IV. Policy Implications -- RESPONSES BY DR. BRUCE WESTERN TO QUESTIONS FROMREPRESENTATIVE ROBERT C. ''BOBBY" SCOTT -- PREPARED STATEMENT OF ALPHONSO ALBERT,EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, SECOND CHANCES -- RESPONSES BY ALPHONSO ALBERT TO QUESTIONS FROMREPRESENTATIVE ROBERT C. "BOBBY" SCOTT -- PREPARED STATEMENT OF MICHAEL JACOBSON,DIRECTOR, VERA INSTITUTE OF JUSTICE -- RESPONSES BY DR.MICHAEL P. JACOBSON TO QUESTIONSFROM REPRESENTATIVE ROBERT C. "BOBBY" SCOTT -- PREPARED STATEMENT OF PAT NOLAN,VICE PRESIDENT, PRISON FELLOWSHIP -- PREPARED STATEMENT OF CONGRESSWOMANSHEILA JACKSON-LEE, OF TEXAS -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.
9781614702177
Imprisonment -- United States.
Prisoners -- Deinstitutionalization -- United States.
Electronic books.
HV8705 -- .M365 2009eb
365.97300000000001
Mass Incarceration and Offender Reentry in the United States. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (178 pages) - Criminal Justice, Law Enforcement and Corrections . - Criminal Justice, Law Enforcement and Corrections .
Intro -- MASS INCARCERATION ANDOFFENDER REENTRY IN THEUNITED STATES -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- OFFENDER REENTRY:CORRECTIONAL STATISTICS, REINTEGRATIONINTO THE COMMUNITY, AND RECIDIVISM -- ABSTRACT -- BACKGROUND -- CORRECTIONAL SYSTEM STATISTICS -- Population in Correctional Facilities -- EX-OFFENDERS UNDER COMMUNITY SUPERVISION -- Recidivism -- OFFENDER REENTRY: A BRIEF LITERATURE REVIEW -- Offender Reentry Defined -- Program Effectiveness: The "What Works" Literature -- CURRENT LAW -- FEDERAL OFFENDER REENTRY PROGRAMS -- Offender Reentry Programs at the Department of Justice (DOJ) -- Offender Reentry Programs at Other Federal Agencies -- LEGISLATION IN THE 110TH CONGRESS -- The Second Chance Act -- Other Offender Reentry-Related Legislation -- CURRENT LEGISLATIVE ISSUES -- Adequacy of Existing Offender Reentry Programs -- Lack of Current Federal Recidivism Statistics -- Focus on Recidivism -- Coordination between Federal Agencies -- Evaluations of Offender Reentry Programs -- Appropriations for the Second Chance Act -- CONCLUSION -- APPENDIX A:SECTION-BY-SECTION COMPARISON OF THE SECONDCHANCE ACT AMENDMENTS TO CURRENT OFFENDERREENTRY GRANT PROGRAM -- Amendments to Current Offender Reentry Grant Program ( 101) -- Improvement of the Residential Substance Abuse Treatment forState Offenders Program (102) -- Definition of Violent Offender for Drug Court Program (103) -- New Offender Reentry Grant Programs -- State and Local Reentry Courts (111) -- Drug Treatment Alternative to Prison Programs ( 112) -- Family Substance Abuse Treatment Alternatives to IncarcerationGrants (113) -- Grants to Evaluate and Improve Educational Methods at Prisons,Jails, and Juvenile Facilities (114) -- Technology Careers Training Demonstration Grants -- New Drug-Treatment and Mentoring Grant Programs. Offender Reentry Substance Abuse and Criminal JusticeCollaboration Program (201) -- Mentoring Grants to Nonprofit Organizations (211) -- Responsible Reintegration of Offenders (212) -- Bureau of Prisons Policies on Mentoring Contacts (213) -- Bureau of Prisons Policies on Chapel Library Material (214) -- Federal Prisoner Reentry Program (231) -- Offender Reentry Research (241) -- Grants to Study Post-Incarceration Supervision Violations (242) -- Addressing the Needs of Children of Incarcerated Parents (243) -- Study of Effectiveness of Depot Naltrexone for Heroin Addiction -- Authorization of Appropriations for Research (245) -- Clarification of Authority to Place Prisoner in CommunityCorrections (251) -- Residential Drug Abuse Program in Federal Prisons (252) -- Contracting for Services for Post-Conviction Supervision ofOffenders (253) -- Extension of National Prison Rape Elimination Commission (261) -- REFERENCES -- MASS INCARCERATION IN THEUNITED STATES:AT WHAT COST?∗ -- OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. JIM WEBB,U.S. SENATOR FROM VIRGINIA -- OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. CAROLYN B.MALONEY,VICE CHAIR, U.S. REPRESENTATIVE FROM NEW YORK -- STATEMENT OF HON. SAM BROWNBACK,U.S. SENATOR FROM KANSAS -- STATEMENT OF HON. ROBERT C. "BOBBY" SCOTT,U.S. REPRESENTATIVE FROM VIRGINIA -- STATEMENT OF DR. GLENN C. LOURY,PROFESSOR OF ECONOMICS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES,BROWN UNIVERSITY -- STATEMENT OF DR. BRUCE WESTERN, DIRECTOR,INEQUALITY AND SOCIAL POLICY PROGRAM, KENNEDYSCHOOL OF GOVERNMENT, HARVARD UNIVERSITY -- STATEMENT OF ALPHONSO ALBERT,EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, SECOND CHANCES -- STATEMENT OF DR.MICHAEL P. JACOBSON,DIRECTOR, VERA INSTITUTE OF JUSTICE -- STATEMENT OF PAT NOLAN, VICE PRESIDENT,PRISON FELLOWSHIP -- SUBMISSIONS FOR THE RECORD -- Prepared Statement of Senator Jim Webb -- Prepared Statement of Carolyn Maloney, Vice Chair. JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEESENATE REPUBLICANSSENATOR SAM BROWNBACK, SENIOR REPUBLICANSENATOR -- PREPARED STATEMENT OF CONGRESSMAN ROBERT C."BOBBY" SCOTT, CHAIRMAN FOR THE SUBCOMMITTEE ONCRIME, TERRORISM, AND HOMELAND SECURITY -- PREPARED STATEMENT OF GLENN C. LOURY,MERTON P. STOLTZ PROFESSOR OF THE SOCIAL SCIENCES,DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS, BROWN UNIVERSITY -- Mass Incarceration and American Values -- Drug Arrests of Blacks Spike in Late 80's -- SPATIAL EFFECTS -- Responses by Dr. Glenn C. Loury to Questions from RepresentativeRobert C. "Bobby" Scott -- PREPARED STATEMENT OF BRUCE WESTERN, DIRECTOR,DEPARTMENT OF SOCIOLOGY, HARVARD UNIVERSITY -- I. Trends in Incarceration -- II. Invisible Disadvantage -- III. The Labor Market After Prison -- IV. Policy Implications -- RESPONSES BY DR. BRUCE WESTERN TO QUESTIONS FROMREPRESENTATIVE ROBERT C. ''BOBBY" SCOTT -- PREPARED STATEMENT OF ALPHONSO ALBERT,EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, SECOND CHANCES -- RESPONSES BY ALPHONSO ALBERT TO QUESTIONS FROMREPRESENTATIVE ROBERT C. "BOBBY" SCOTT -- PREPARED STATEMENT OF MICHAEL JACOBSON,DIRECTOR, VERA INSTITUTE OF JUSTICE -- RESPONSES BY DR.MICHAEL P. JACOBSON TO QUESTIONSFROM REPRESENTATIVE ROBERT C. "BOBBY" SCOTT -- PREPARED STATEMENT OF PAT NOLAN,VICE PRESIDENT, PRISON FELLOWSHIP -- PREPARED STATEMENT OF CONGRESSWOMANSHEILA JACKSON-LEE, OF TEXAS -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.
9781614702177
Imprisonment -- United States.
Prisoners -- Deinstitutionalization -- United States.
Electronic books.
HV8705 -- .M365 2009eb
365.97300000000001