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Mass Inceration and Offender Reentry in the United States.
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| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hauppauge :
Nova Science Publishers, Incorporated,
Jan. 2009.
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| Colección: | Criminal justice, law enforcement and corrections.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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 AgenciesLEGISLATION 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 ProgramsOffender 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).