Prisoner Reentry in the First Decade of the Twenty-first Century

• NCJ Number: 232700
• Journal: Victims & Offenders Volume: 5 Issue: 3 Dated: July 2010 Pages: 253-267
• Author(s): Pamela K. Lattimore; Danielle M. Steffey; Christy A. Visher
• Date Published: July 2010
• Length: 15 pages
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Issue Overview
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: For additional articles in this special issue see NCJ-232695-99 and NCJ-232701.

Annotation

This article discusses prisoner reentry.

Abstract

The last decades of the 20th century witnessed a rapid buildup of prison populations followed by rapid increases in the numbers of individuals being released back to communities. Entering the 21st century, about 1,700 adults were leaving State and Federal prisons each day. This article summarizes recent research on prisoner reentry and concludes that while progress has been made in increasing service delivery and improving intermediate outcomes, attaining substantial declines in recidivism may be more difficult than previously imagined. (Published Abstract)