Rutgers at 50: Reentry and Reintegration

Session Submission Type: Complete Thematic Panel

Abstract/Description

Highlighting research by people connected to the Rutgers, Newark School of Criminal Justice, this panel examines recent advances in understandings of the promises and challenges of reentry and reintegration. The papers presented on the panel analyze policies and practices related to reentry, from the standpoint of institutional and community corrections officials, as well as people who have experienced reentry across the continuum of correctional involvement. Authors propose new frameworks for measuring desistance, describe the need for broader connections to extra-legal organizations and support systems, and center the perspectives and expertise offered by those directly impacted by reentry.

Sub Unit

• Area VI. The Criminal Justice System / 48. Prisoner Reentry

Individual Presentations

• Reentry: The Organizational Quagmire - Faye Taxman, George Mason University

• Improving Reentry from the Perspectives of Individuals Returning - Ebony Ruhland, Rutgers University - Newark

• Measuring Desistance via Decay: Making Criminal History Dynamic - Zachary Hamilton, University of Nebraska Omaha; Jennifer J. Tostlebe, University of Nebraska Omaha; John Michael Ursino, University of Nebraska Omaha; Baylee Allen-Flores, University of Nebraska Omaha; Alex Kigerl, University of Nebraska Omaha

• A Review of Reentry and New Jersey’s Response To COVID-19 Inside Prisons and Jails - Anthony Azari, Rutgers University - Newark

Chairs

• Shadd Maruna, Queen's University Belfast

• Johnna Christian, University of La Verne