TY - JOUR
T1 - Exploring inmate reentry in a local jail setting
T2 - Implications for outreach, service use, and recidivism
AU - White, Michael
AU - Saunders, Jessica
AU - Fisher, Christopher
AU - Mellow, Jeff
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors would like to thank Martin Horn, commissioner of the New York City Department of Correction (NYC DOC); Kathleen Coughlin, deputy commissioner of Discharge Planning, NYC DOC; and Dr. Nancy Jacobs, executive director of the Criminal Justice Research and Evaluation Center at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice. We also thank the John Jay College/Lewis and Jack Rudin Criminal Justice Partnership for funding the research effort, as well as three anonymous reviewers for their insightful comments.
PY - 2012/1
Y1 - 2012/1
N2 - Although prisoner reentry has taken center stage in correctional research and policy discussions, there has been little emphasis on reentry among jail populations. This paper examines a jail-based reentry program in New York City that begins while individuals are incarcerated and includes 90 days of postrelease services. This article explores these assumptions through an evaluation of a jail-based reentry program in New York City that begins while individuals are incarcerated and includes 90 days of postrelease services. To determine program impact, the authors compare samples of participants with nonparticipants and program completers with noncompleters. The groups are matched using developmental trajectories derived from group-based trajectory modeling, in addition to propensity score matching. Findings show that participants perform no better than nonparticipants over a 1-year follow-up, but those who stay engaged for at least 90 days of postrelease services experience significantly fewer (and slower) returns to jail. The findings regarding program completion are tempered by several methodological concerns, however. The article concludes with a discussion of how the study may offer insights for program implementation and operation with this target population.
AB - Although prisoner reentry has taken center stage in correctional research and policy discussions, there has been little emphasis on reentry among jail populations. This paper examines a jail-based reentry program in New York City that begins while individuals are incarcerated and includes 90 days of postrelease services. This article explores these assumptions through an evaluation of a jail-based reentry program in New York City that begins while individuals are incarcerated and includes 90 days of postrelease services. To determine program impact, the authors compare samples of participants with nonparticipants and program completers with noncompleters. The groups are matched using developmental trajectories derived from group-based trajectory modeling, in addition to propensity score matching. Findings show that participants perform no better than nonparticipants over a 1-year follow-up, but those who stay engaged for at least 90 days of postrelease services experience significantly fewer (and slower) returns to jail. The findings regarding program completion are tempered by several methodological concerns, however. The article concludes with a discussion of how the study may offer insights for program implementation and operation with this target population.
KW - group-based trajectory modeling
KW - jail programs
KW - jail reentry
KW - propensity score matching
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U2 - 10.1177/0011128708327033
DO - 10.1177/0011128708327033
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84856681103
SN - 0011-1287
VL - 58
SP - 124
EP - 146
JO - Crime and Delinquency
JF - Crime and Delinquency
IS - 1
ER -