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Covering Community Corrections: Probation, Parole and Beyond: Resources
By Jenifer Warren
Organizations and Government Agencies
(in alphabetical order)
American Correctional Association
www.aca.org
Professional organization for the prison managers. Standards, accreditation, etc.
American Probation and Parole Association
www.appa-net.org
International organization representing parole and probation practitioners. Good source for contacts.
Association of Paroling Authorities International
www.apaintl.org
Organization for parole boards and other release agencies. Good source for contacts in the state, trends, data
National Institute of Corrections (U.S. Department of Justice)
www.nicic.org/parole
Training, program development for correctional folks. Great clearinghouse for articles, other research on all aspects of the field.
New York State Parole Project – Vera Institute
www.vera.org/project/new-york-state-parole-project
Ongoing project by Vera Institute to improve parole outcomes in New York. Includes research, officer training and policy development.
Prisoner Reentry Institute, John Jay College of Criminal Justice
www.jjay.cuny.edu/centersandinstitutes/pri/1921.php
Promotes innovation and improved practice in the reentry field.
Public Safety Performance Project, Pew Charitable Trusts.
Washington, D.C.
See website for contact info: www.pew.publicsafety.org
Nonpartisan policy briefs, other reports on national and state-level trends related to corrections. Solid research on current topics.
Re-entry – U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs
www.reentry.gov
Good source for statistics and other research along with news of new initiatives on reentry nationwide.
Serious and Violent Offender Re-Entry Initiative
www.svori.org
Large-scale program providing federal grants to reduce recidivism and improve employment, housing and health outcomes for released prisoners.
United States Parole Commission
www.usdoj.gov/uspc
Controls parole decisions and supervision for federal offenders and those in the Witness Protection Programs.
Urban Institute
www.urban.org
Wide-ranging work includes activity on corrections, with emphasis on parole and reentry.
U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics
Washington, DC
http://wv.mojp.usdojlov/bjs
Wealth of statistics on inmates, parolees, prisons, etc. Data usually two years behind.
The Vera Institute of Justice
New York City
212-334-1300
http://www.vera.org/
Extensive research on sentencing and corrections.
People
Austin, James
www.jfa-associates.com
(310) 867-0569
asstin@aol.com
Consultant and researcher who advises governments on population management in prisons, jails and parole systems. Data guru. Also expert in prisoner risk assessment.
Camp, George
GCamp@asca.net
Association of State Correctional Administrators. Great source for data.
Deitch, Michele
512-328-8330
University of Texas adjunct professor. Attorney expert in prison conditions, oversight, management.
Jacobson, Michael P.
212-376-3163
mjacobson@vera.org
Director, Vera Institute of Justice. Former correction and probation commissioner for New York City. Author of Downsizing Prisons: How to Reduce Crime and End Mass Incarceration.
Love, Margaret Colgate
http://www.pardonlaw.com
(202) 547-0453
Margaretlove@pardonlaw.com
Specializes in executive clemency and restoration of convict rights, as well as sentencing and corrections policy. Directs the American Bar Association’s Commission on Effective Criminal Sanctions.
McGarry, Peggy
212-334-1300
pmcgarry@vera.org
Director, Vera Institute Center on Sentencing and Corrections. Leads New York State Parole Project.
Petersilia, Joan
jpeters@uci.edu
UC Irving criminologist. Specialty: Parole, Re-entry. Has advised California governor on corrections, worked in many other states
Scott-Hayward, Christine
212-334-1300
cscott-hayward@vera.org
Vera Institute researcher who led project evaluating effectiveness of parole/probation reforms in Oregon.
Travis, Jeremy
212-237-8600
President, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, and author of But They All Come Back: Facing the Challenges of Prisoner Reentry. Former director of the National Institute of Justice. At the Urban Institute, a nonpartisan research and policy organization, Travis
launched a national program focused on prisoner reentry.
Zimring, Frank
510-624-0854
fzimring@law.berkeley.edu
UC Berkeley's Boalt Law School professor. Expert on three strikes, California prisons, criminal sentencing.
Books, Reports, Research
James Austin
Reducing America’s Correctional Populations, A Strategic Plan
National Institute of Corrections, 2009
http://community.nicic.gov/forums/storage/95/16219/ReducingCorrectionalPopulations-Austin%20white%20paper.doc
Characteristics of State Parole Supervising Agencies, 2006
U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics, http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/abstract/cspsa06.htm
Lawrence, Alison
Probation and Parole Violations-State Responses
National Conference of State Legislatures, November, 2008.
Mackenzie, Doris Layton
What Works in Corrections: Reducing the Criminal Activities of Offenders and Delinquents
Cambridge University Press, 2006.
Petersilia, Joan,
When Prisoners Come Home: Parole and Prisoner Reentry
Oxford University Press, 2003
Pew Center on the States (2009)
One in 31: The Long Reach of American Corrections
http://www.pewcenteronthestates.org/report_detail.aspx?id=49382
Probation and Parole in the United States, 2006
U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics. http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/abstract/ppus06.htm
Report of the Re-Entry Policy Council:
Charting the Safe and Successful Return of Prisoners to the Community. Council of State Governments.
Reentry Policy Council. New York: Council of State Governments. January 2005. http://reentrypolicy.org/Report/About
Solomon, A. L., Kachnowski, V., & Bhati, A
Does Parole Work? Analyzing the Impact of Postprison Supervision on Re-arrest Outcomes (2005)
http://www.urban.org/UploadedPDF/311156_Does_Parole_Work.pdf
Travis, Jeremy
But They All Come Back: Rethinking Prisoner Reentry
U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, National Institute of Justice. 2000
www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/181413.pdf
Travis, Jeremy
But They All Come Back: Facing the Challenges of Prisoner Reentry
Urban Institute Press, 2005
Newspaper Articles
The Public at Risk: A Look at South Carolina’s Broken Probation and Parole System
Charleston Post and Courier, 2008.
http://www.postandcourier.com/news/2008/aug/24/a_public_at_risk51870/?print
Losing Track: North Carolina’s Crippled Probation System
Raleigh News & Observer, 2008
http://www.newsobserver.com/probation
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