When Prisoners Come Home: Parole and Prisoner Reentry

By Joan R. Petersilia. 2009

1,684 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Sociology and Political Science

View Paper: https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/158ec58f26ff1a583e75c09e8bace69656cf5734

How researchers see this paper

The researchers whose trusted networks rank it highest, strongest advocate first. Every researcher gets a different order.

In Sociology and Political Science

Citations in the corpus

Evaluating the Long-Term Effects of Prisoner Reentry Services on Recidivism: What Types of Services Matter? (2016, background): “…to prepare them for employment, drug and alcohol addictions, mental and physical health problems, strained family relations, and limited opportunities due to the stigma of a criminal record (Gunnison & Helfgott, 2013; Petersilia, 2003; Travis, Western, & Redburn, 2014; Travis & Visher, 2005).”
Evaluating the Minnesota Comprehensive Offender Reentry Plan (MCORP): Results from a Randomized Experiment (2012, positive): “Research has shown, moreover, that prisoners are often under-educated, have little or no prior work history, lack vocational skills, have lengthy histories of substance abuse, are more likely to suffer from mental illness, and are disproportionately more likely to be minorities (Petersilia, 2003).”
Imprisonment and Reoffending (2009, background): “Rates of official recidivism among those receiving community-based sanctions—especially felony offenders who might have been sent to prison— are also high (Petersilia 2002).”
Incarcerated Fathers (2013, background): “Corrections experts contend that released prisoners are less prepared to face the challenges of reentry than ever before (Lynch & Sabol, 2001; Petersilia, 2003; Travis, 2005).”
The Predictive Validity of a Gender-Responsive Needs Assessment (2009, background): “However, with the advent of prisoner re-entry initiatives (Petersilia, 2003; Travis, 2005) and the commensurate policy that planning for prison release begin at prison entry with a strong understanding of offender needs as they pertain to risk upon release, a number of states are implementing dynami”
Prison Visitation and Recidivism (2012, background): “Prisoner reentry has emerged as one of the foremost social problems of the twenty-first century and for that reason, it has garnered considerable attention from scholars interested in developing and testing theories of crime and social change, understanding the process and experience of reentry, and”
Assessment of Community Reintegration Planning for Sex Offenders (2009, background): “Although many researchers have noted the importance of comprehensive prerelease planning (Graffam et al., 2004; Hammett et al., 2001; Petersilia, 2003; Seiter & Kadela, 2003; Taxman, 2004), few attempts have been made to develop measures of planning quality and examine its impact on recidivism outco”
Homelessness and Reentry (2014, background): “Immediately establishing residential stability may be critical for long term success, given that the majority of those who fail will do so within the first 3 to 6 months of release from prison (Hamilton & Campbell, 2013; Petersilia, 2003).”
An integrative theory of desistance from sex offending (2012, background): “housing is often denied to sex offenders (Petersilia, 2003).”
The Effects of Prisoner Attachment to Family on Re-entry Outcomes: A Longitudinal Assessment (2016, background): “2005), increasing the chances of ‘going straight’ upon release (Maruna 2001; Petersilia 2003; Maruna and Toch 2005; Travis 2005).”
Blessed Be the Social Tie That Binds (2013, background): “Because about half of returning prisoners were serving a sentence for a drug or violence-related conviction, and even more ex-prisoners have at least one prior drug or violence-related conviction, most returning prisoners are not eligible for federal housing assistance (Petersilia, 2003).”