Data Driven Justice: An Evaluation of Reentry & Rehabilitation Software

• In Event: Community Supervision: Complexity and Effectiveness

Abstract

Pokket is a mobile application that provides criminal justice professionals, community service providers, and justice-involved individuals a way to work together in a variety of settings (e.g., community supervision, pre-trial release) to improve access to existing services and ensure more timely, personalized, and appropriate interventions. Providing individuals the tools to actively participate in their case management while on community supervision via Pokket is expected to produce significant improvements with respect to breaking down the well-known barriers faced by justice involved individuals (e.g., lack of social support, difficulty in finding stable employment and housing, mental and physical health needs), as well as to provide valuable benefits to criminal justice professionals. For the current study, we examine data from all three groups (i.e., criminal justice professionals, community service providers, and individuals under supervision) in all three settings on the implementation and utilization of this new technology and discuss the perceived benefits and lessons learned from the initial deployment period.

Authors

• Tanja C Link, Kennesaw State University

• Beverly R. Crank, Kennesaw State University