http://hdl.handle.net/1811/6565 2013-05-25T10:50:44Z 2013-05-25T10:50:44Z Kirk, David S. http://hdl.handle.net/1811/51862 2012-05-19T06:17:13Z 2012-03-09T00:00:00Z

How Residential Change Might Help Ex-Offenders Stay Out of Prison: Findings from a Natural Experiment Kirk, David S. Institute for Excellence in Justice Seminar: How Residential Change Might Help Ex-Offenders Stay Out of Prison: Findings from a Natural Experiment, March 9, 2012 at the Frank W. Hale Black Cultural Center, The Ohio State University. Presentation by Dr. David Kirk, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Texas-Austin. Joined by expert panelists Dr. Edward Rhine (Deputy Director, Office of Policy and Offender Reentry, Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction) and Dr. Paul Bellair (Professor of Sociology at OSU). Abstract: Many former prisoners return home to the same neighborhood with the same criminal opportunities and criminal peers they had before they went to prison. Yet, if the path to a crime-free life largely requires knifing-off from past situations and establishing new routines, then separating returning offenders from their past criminal contexts may be one way to reduce recidivism and foster desistance. Professor David Kirk explores the idea of residential change by examining how Hurricane Katrina affected ex-prisoners originally from New Orleans and their likelihood of returning to prison. Kirk discusses potential strategies for fostering residential change among ex-prisoners, focusing specifically on parole residency policies and greater access to housing. Video requires Windows Media Player, RealPlayer, or Flash Player to view.

2012-03-09T00:00:00Z Kirk, David S. Morash, Merry http://hdl.handle.net/1811/49081 2012-05-18T19:35:26Z 2011-05-20T00:00:00Z

What Works? Women on Probation and Parole in Two County Systems Morash, Merry Institute for Excellence in Justice Seminar: Women on Probation and Parole: A Feminist Critique of Community Programs and Services, May 20, 2011 at the Frank W. Hale Black Cultural Center, The Ohio State University. Presentation by Dr. Merry Morash, Professor, School of Criminal Justice, Michigan State University. Accompanied by expert panelists Denise Robinson, President and CEO of Alvis House, and Dr. Paula Smith, Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice and Director of the Corrections Institute at University of Cincinnati. This presentation presents a data driven picture of the context and the supervising officers' interactions and actions that promote women offenders' success on probation and parole. It also uses the experiences of women in Gender Responsive County and in Traditional County to show how national and state policies effect women, and how women under supervision vary from each other in profound ways. Just as failure can be constructed through over supervision, success can be a false construction due to lack of attention and oversight. The talk is informed by detailed data from multiple interviews with women, from probation and parole records, and from official records of drug test results, rules violations, and crimes. Video requires Windows Media Player, RealPlayer, or Flash Player to view.

2011-05-20T00:00:00Z Morash, Merry Kennedy, Amanda http://hdl.handle.net/1811/49080 2011-06-22T06:16:32Z 2011-05-01T00:00:00Z

An Update on Gender Responsive Strategies - 2011 Kennedy, Amanda This Best Practices tool kit identifies research regarding practices that are considered promising, proven to be beneficial or "best practices" in the treatment of female ex-offenders on probation and parole. According to former director of the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, Reginald Wilkinson, best practices range anywhere from practices which are empirically proven to be effective to strategies which demonstrate promise but have not yet been thoroughly evaluated. This document briefly summarizes four studies which outline effective strategies and particular aspects of working with women on probation and parole. Following this, there is a an annotated bibliography, featuring publications from the past five years which further examine the issue of women’s experiences with re-entry. Note that this document serves largely as an addendum to Coretta Pettway’s 2006 Institute for Excellence in Justice Best Practices tool kit, "Gender Responsive Strategies," which is available at http://hdl.handle.net/1811/24560.

2011-05-01T00:00:00Z Kennedy, Amanda Uggen, Chris http://hdl.handle.net/1811/36236 2010-09-24T01:15:28Z 2008-10-24T00:00:00Z

Exits and Entries: Contrasting Pathways to Community Reentry Uggen, Chris By taking a more comprehensive and comparative perspective on the reentry phenomenon, Dr. Uggen and project organizers seek to reveal the processes operatiing in each institutional domain and to explain how vulnerable young adults fare once they leave the care or custody of the state. Comments are provided by Paul Bellair (OSU) and John Flinn (ODJFS).

2008-10-24T00:00:00Z Uggen, Chris Hairston, Creasie Finney http://hdl.handle.net/1811/32500 2008-07-07T18:27:35Z 2008-06-06T00:00:00Z

Coming Home from Prison: Family Matters Hairston, Creasie Finney Based primarily on research conducted with men returning home from prison and their wives and girlfriends, Dr. Creasie Finney Hairston (UIC) provides an overview of how families experience and manage community reentry. The presentation describes the impact of incarceration and community reentry on family relationships. Families as sources of support, conflict and domestic violence, parent-child relationships, and parole practices and expectations are among the topics covered. Comments are provided by Stephen Gavazzi (OSU); Kim Hettel (GOFBCI); and Rachael Woldoff (WVU). Video requires RealPlayer to view.

2008-06-06T00:00:00Z Hairston, Creasie Finney Pettway, Coretta http://hdl.handle.net/1811/32499 2008-07-07T18:24:21Z 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

Family Involvement During Incarceration and Reentry Pettway, Coretta This Best Practices Tool-Kit aims to systematically identify empirical evidence regarding strategies, programs and practices geared towards involving offenders’ families during incarceration and reentry. It highlights practices and program strategies that are proven, promising or exemplary best practices and provides references for more extensive reading. The objective of this tool kit is to provide information that will better inform policymakers, practitioners and researchers on maintaining and strengthening appropriate family relationships during incarceration and community reintegration. Includes an annotated bibliography.

2008-06-01T00:00:00Z Pettway, Coretta Harris, Millie Pettway, Coretta http://hdl.handle.net/1811/32498 2008-07-07T18:25:44Z 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

Incarcerated Parents and Parenting Programs Harris, Millie; Pettway, Coretta This Best Practices Tool-Kit aims to systematically identify empirical evidence regarding prison programs and practices for incarcerated parents and their children. It highlights several practices and program strategies that are proven, promising or exemplary best practices and provides references for more extensive reading, if desired. The objective of the tool kit is to offer a sound evidence base that will better inform policymakers, practitioners and researchers on prison programs and practices geared toward building the parental skills of incarcerated parents. Includes an annotated bibliography.

2007-09-01T00:00:00Z Harris, Millie Pettway, Coretta Gibson, Bruce Shively, Randy Connell-Fruend, Anne http://hdl.handle.net/1811/31864 2008-06-23T18:30:07Z 2008-02-22T00:00:00Z

Session IV: Success Stories in Ohio Gibson, Bruce; Shively, Randy; Connell-Fruend, Anne A panel of community corrections directors, representing both residential and non-residential programs, discusses the successes and pitfalls they have encountered in implementing evidenced based practices in their programs. Topics include: using assessment tools to their full potential to individualize case planning; truly following the case plan; the EQUIP program; and making data driven decisions regarding your program. Requires RealPlayer to view.

2008-02-22T00:00:00Z Gibson, Bruce Shively, Randy Connell-Fruend, Anne Wilson, James http://hdl.handle.net/1811/31863 2008-06-23T18:30:29Z 2008-02-22T00:00:00Z

Session III: Correctional Programming and Research Design: What the Project Greenlight Evaluation Can Tell Us Wilson, James Project Greenlight was an intensive, prison-based reentry program designed to provide soon-to-be released inmates with the resources perceived to be most central to their successful reintegration. Delivered eight week before release, the program included daily sessions of cognitive-behavioral training, practical skills, employment preparation and an on-site job developer, housing assistance, substance abuse readiness and relapse prevention, family sessions, referrals to community service providers, and the development of a release plan to help provide a degree of organization and structure after release. The initial one-year follow-up showed that intervention participants performed significantly worse than controls in terms of total arrests and felony arrests and were similar to controls in terms of revocations. A more recent examination following study participants for three years indicates that many of the negative effects associated with the intervention group have dissipated. The findings from our evaluation provide important insights for not only the theoretical and empirical literature, but also for those considering designing, implementing and evaluating offender reentry programs. Requires RealPlayer to view.

2008-02-22T00:00:00Z Wilson, James Sachwald, Judy http://hdl.handle.net/1811/31862 2008-06-23T18:30:47Z 2008-02-22T00:00:00Z

Session II: Using Research to Improve Outcomes: The Maryland Experience" Sachwald, Judy In the late 1990s, prompted by the discontent of elected leaders and the general public, the Maryland Division of Parole and Probation sought to reinvent community supervision in order to better protect public safety; hold supervisees accountable to victims and the community; and help supervisees to become productive and responsible. This undertaking led the Division to make a commitment to implement supervision strategies and management practices based on research, to examine performance, to develop a learning culture, to adopt innovative techniques informed by science, and to embrace change. Judith Sachwald, who recently retired after serving for 7-1/2 years as Maryland’s Director of Parole and Probation, will discuss their journey including the detours and flat tires encountered in route to better results. Requires RealPlayer to view.

2008-02-22T00:00:00Z Sachwald, Judy Latessa, Edward http://hdl.handle.net/1811/31861 2008-06-23T18:31:06Z 2008-02-22T00:00:00Z

Session I: Improving the Effectiveness of Correctional Programs through Research Latessa, Edward Research spanning some 20 years indicates the effectiveness of correctional programs is contingent upon several principles, including the risk, need and responsivity or intervention principles. Dr. Latessa summarizes these three principles through discussing prior research in this area, how to target them in correctional programming and lessons learned from the research. He also discusses some recent evidence regarding program characteristics necessary for recidivism reduction. Requires RealPlayer to view.

2008-02-22T00:00:00Z Latessa, Edward Pettway, Coretta http://hdl.handle.net/1811/31860 2008-03-21T15:38:53Z 2008-02-22T00:00:00Z

Community Corrections and Evidence-Based Practices Pettway, Coretta This Best Practices Tool-Kit aims to identify the principles of effective intervention drawn from evidence-based research and how that translates into effective practice in community corrections. The objective of this tool kit is to provide information that will better inform policymakers, practitioners and researchers on the utilization of evidence-based practices in community corrections.

2008-02-22T00:00:00Z Pettway, Coretta Pettway, Coretta http://hdl.handle.net/1811/30146 2007-12-29T07:02:41Z 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

Faith-Based Programming, Reentry and Recidivism Pettway, Coretta This Best Practices Tool-Kit aims to systematically identify empirical evidence regarding faith-based programming, reentry and recidivism. It highlights 2-4 practices/programs that are proven, promising or exemplary best practices and provides references for more extensive reading. Annotated Bibliography

2007-01-01T00:00:00Z Pettway, Coretta Pettway, Coretta http://hdl.handle.net/1811/30145 2007-12-29T07:02:43Z 2006-08-24T00:00:00Z

Offender Job Readiness and Job Retention Pettway, Coretta Research has shown that ex-offenders have a high risk of unemployment and that an association exists between adult offender unemployment and recidivism. Additionally, offenders’ themselves consider that securing employment is important to maintaining a crime free existence upon release. The following tool-kit highlights key features of 4 programs focused on job readiness training and retention for offenders.

2006-08-24T00:00:00Z Pettway, Coretta Pettway, Coretta http://hdl.handle.net/1811/30144 2009-04-03T12:28:17Z 2007-06-01T00:00:00Z

Employing Ex-Offenders after Release from Prison Pettway, Coretta This Best Practices Tool-Kit aims to systematically identify empirical evidence regarding information and interventions on the employment of ex-offenders following release from prison. It highlights 4 practices/programs in the area of employment training and retention for ex-offenders that are proven, promising, or an exemplary best practice and then, provides citations/references for more extensive reading. Annotated bibliography

2007-06-01T00:00:00Z Pettway, Coretta Pettway, Coretta Berenson, David http://hdl.handle.net/1811/30140 2007-12-28T22:49:22Z 2007-10-01T00:00:00Z

Best Practices Tool-Kit: Sex Offender Assessment and Registration Pettway, Coretta; Berenson, David This Best Practices Tool-Kit aims to systematically identify empirical research regarding assessment instruments and treatment practices for incarcerated sex offenders. It highlights several practices and program strategies that are proven, promising, or exemplary best practices and provides references for more extensive reading.

2007-10-01T00:00:00Z Pettway, Coretta Berenson, David Harris, Millie Pettway, Coretta http://hdl.handle.net/1811/30139 2007-12-28T22:57:06Z 2007-10-01T00:00:00Z

Best Practices Tool-Kit: Sex Offender Registration and Notification Harris, Millie; Pettway, Coretta This Best Practices Tool-Kit aims to identify laws, state statutes and some empirical research regarding sex offender registration and notification.

2007-10-01T00:00:00Z Harris, Millie Pettway, Coretta Murray, Alan http://hdl.handle.net/1811/30138 2009-04-03T12:24:40Z 2007-10-26T00:00:00Z

Sex Offender Registration and Notification Murray, Alan Alan Murray discusses the use of spatial analysis in assessing sex offender residency restriction laws in an Ohio city. Comments are provided by David Berenson, Katherine Federle and Richard Tewksbury. Requires RealPlayer to view

2007-10-26T00:00:00Z Murray, Alan Collins, Terry White, John http://hdl.handle.net/1811/29407 2007-12-31T15:59:40Z 2007-02-09T00:00:00Z

Ohio Correctional Faith Based Initiatives Task Force Collins, Terry; White, John The Ohio Correctional Faith Based Initiatives Task Force was created with the enactment of Amended Substitute of House Bill 66. The culmination of their deliberations resulted in several recommendations as to how the faith-based and community can assist correctional agencies.

2007-02-09T00:00:00Z Collins, Terry White, John Trout, Greg Berman, Douglas Goldberger, David Mancini, Joseph Stout, Austin http://hdl.handle.net/1811/29406 2011-06-21T19:35:18Z 2007-02-09T00:00:00Z

Legal Issues Trout, Greg; Berman, Douglas; Goldberger, David; Mancini, Joseph; Stout, Austin When religious programming is incorporated into the prison environment, constitutional issues are raised. The panel of experts includes attorneys with experience representing faith groups and civil liberties organizations. The panelists share their respective positions on the issues to illuminate the concerns and inform the audience about the matters that must be kept in balance.

2007-02-09T00:00:00Z Trout, Greg Berman, Douglas Goldberger, David Mancini, Joseph Stout, Austin Roeger, Debbie Sims, Gary Teague, Shannon http://hdl.handle.net/1811/29405 2007-12-31T15:55:44Z 2007-02-09T00:00:00Z

Faith and Community Forums Roeger, Debbie; Sims, Gary; Teague, Shannon Presenters discuss what is happening with the community forums and our volunteers within DRC and DYS in the areas of Community Service, the Adult Parole Authority, and religious services, as well as provide insight on what it’s like for persons who are dually staff and volunteers.

2007-02-09T00:00:00Z Roeger, Debbie Sims, Gary Teague, Shannon McFarland, Steven T. http://hdl.handle.net/1811/29404 2007-12-31T15:55:05Z 2007-02-09T00:00:00Z

The Essential Role of Private Voluntary Groups in Rehabilitating Offenders McFarland, Steven T. America spends $40 billion annually on warehousing prisoners, yet two-thirds of them return to prison. Clearly a new model and new partners are desperately needed. Director McFarland addresses how faith-based and community organizations (FBCO) can partner legally with state corrections? What are the most promising practices defining the role of FBCOs in providing both pre-release programming and post-release reentry services? Vouchers empower ex-offenders to choose among services to help them get a job, housing, drug treatment, and other essential services—all safely within the bounds of the First Amendment. Before release, FBCOs can assist with voluntary faith- or character-based units that meet constitutional parameters. Director McFarland also identifies sources of federal funding that can help jumpstart some of these initiatives.

2007-02-09T00:00:00Z McFarland, Steven T. Johnson, Byron http://hdl.handle.net/1811/29403 2007-12-31T16:02:59Z 2007-02-09T00:00:00Z

Thinking About the Role of Religion in Crime Prevention, Prisoner Reentry and Aftercare Johnson, Byron In this paper Dr. Johnson begins by systematically reviewing the religion-crime research literature in order to determine if and how measures of religiosity are associated with measures of crime or delinquency. Consistent with previous reviews and meta analyses on this subject, the results of the current systematic review confirm that increasing levels of religiosity tend to be inversely related to both measures of crime and delinquency. Dr. Johnson offers a number of reasons why one should not be surprised to discover that religion might both prevent and protect from crime as well as foster prosocial behavior. Turning to corrections, Dr. Johnson briefly discuss the historical role of religion in offender treatment and rehabilitation and examine what we know from recent research about the efficacy of faith based prison programs in reducing recidivism. Dr. Johnson concludes with a discussion of the uniquely catalytic role that faith based groups and individuals might yet play in a truly comprehensive and multifaceted approach to prisoner reentry as well as aftercare.

2007-02-09T00:00:00Z Johnson, Byron Johnson, Byron Price-Spratlen, Townsand Money, Christine http://hdl.handle.net/1811/29402 2007-12-31T15:53:44Z 2007-02-09T13:47:39Z

Does Religion Have a Role in Crime Prevention, Pro-Social Behavior, Prisoner Reentry and Aftercare? Johnson, Byron; Price-Spratlen, Townsand; Money, Christine For this presentation, Dr. Byron Johnson reviews the religion-crime research literature; offer reasons why we should not be surprised to discover that religion might both prevent and protect as well as foster pro-social behavior; discuss the historical role of religion in offender treatment and rehabilitation; examine what we know from recent research about the efficacy of faith-based prison programs in reducing recidivism; offer insights to the shortcomings and shortsightedness of faith-based approaches in corrections as well as the hostility and opposition leveled against faith-based organizations and individuals. Dr. Johnson concludes the presentation with a discussion of the uniquely catalytic role that faith-based groups and individuals might yet play in a truly comprehensive and multifaceted approach to prisoner reentry. Comments are provided by Christine Money and Dr. Townsand Price-Spratlen

2007-02-09T13:47:39Z Johnson, Byron Price-Spratlen, Townsand Money, Christine Pettway, Coretta http://hdl.handle.net/1811/29401 2007-12-31T16:04:05Z 2007-02-09T13:34:49Z

Schedule of Events: Faith-Based Programming, Reentry and Recidivism Symposium Pettway, Coretta Includes session times and presenters, as well as a brief description of sessions and presenter biographies.

2007-02-09T13:34:49Z Pettway, Coretta Sabol, William Greenbaum, Rob Weinberg, Bruce Woods, Gwendolyn http://hdl.handle.net/1811/28653 2007-12-31T15:54:23Z 2007-06-01T00:00:00Z

Employing Ex-Offenders Following Release from Ohio Prisons Sabol, William; Greenbaum, Rob; Weinberg, Bruce; Woods, Gwendolyn William Sabol, Chief of the Corrections Statistics Unit with the Bureau of Justice Statistics, discusses his research on the post prison employment experiences of offenders released from Ohio prisons during 1999 and 2000. His findings suggest that while ex-prison employment prospects are affected by local labor market demand, pre-existing attachments to labor markets are more important for predicting post-prison employment than local labor market conditions. Comments are provided by Rob Greenbaum, Associate Professor at the Ohio State University; Bruce Weinberg, Associate Professor at the Ohio State University; and Gwendolyn Woods, Acting Chief at the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction.

2007-06-01T00:00:00Z Sabol, William Greenbaum, Rob Weinberg, Bruce Woods, Gwendolyn Sabol, William http://hdl.handle.net/1811/28652 2007-12-31T15:58:50Z 2007-08-01T00:00:00Z

Local Labor Market and Post Prison Employment: Evidence from Ohio Sabol, William This paper examines relationship between local labor market conditions and ex-prisoner employment in Ohio. It asks: How do local labor market conditions (i.e., county-level unemployment rates) affect (1) the time it takes ex-prisoners to find a first job upon release, and (2) their ongoing post-prison employment experiences (during the first two years post release from prison)?

2007-08-01T00:00:00Z Sabol, William Bloom, Barbara Hubbard, Dana Smooth, Wendy Tyson-Parker, Tracy http://hdl.handle.net/1811/24563 2007-12-31T15:56:19Z 2006-11-17T00:00:00Z

Gender Responsive Strategies: Responding to Female Offenders Bloom, Barbara; Hubbard, Dana; Smooth, Wendy; Tyson-Parker, Tracy Dr. Barbara Bloom, Associate Professor at Sonoma University, discuss her research on: the characteristics of women in correctional settings; frameworks regarding how gender matters for criminal justice practice; guiding principles for gender responsive policy development and treatment approaches; and the implications of research findings for correctional practice for women offenders. Following Dr. Bloom’s presentation, comments were provided by Warden Tracy Tyson-Parker, Franklin Pre-Release Center, Dr. Dana Hubbard, Assistant Professor at Cleveland State University and Wendy Smooth, Assistant Professor at Ohio State University. Requires RealPlayer to view

2006-11-17T00:00:00Z Bloom, Barbara Hubbard, Dana Smooth, Wendy Tyson-Parker, Tracy Pettway, Coretta http://hdl.handle.net/1811/24560 2007-12-28T22:48:00Z 2006-11-17T00:00:00Z

Best Practices Tool-Kit: Gender Responsive Strategies Pettway, Coretta This Best Practices Tool-Kit aims to systematically identify empirical evidence regarding gender-responsive research, strategies, programs and practices. It highlights 2-4 practices/programs that are proven, promising or exemplary best practices and then provide references for more extensive reading, if desired.

2006-11-17T00:00:00Z Pettway, Coretta Criminal Justice Research Center http://hdl.handle.net/1811/24048 2010-12-21T16:15:07Z 2006-08-21T11:44:26Z

Ohio Incident-Based Reporting System: Crime In Ohio Criminal Justice Research Center CJRC was awarded Byrne funding to conduct descriptive studes of crime in various Ohio jurisdictions. The goal of the project was to provide a foundation for local criminal justice agency planning by informing agencies of their most prevalent crimes, including whether the crimes were stable, increasing or decreasing. The University Archives has determined that this item is of continuing value to OSU's history.

2006-08-21T11:44:26Z Criminal Justice Research Center Pettway, Coretta http://hdl.handle.net/1811/24013 2007-12-31T16:01:30Z 2006-06-02T00:00:00Z

Select Bibliography: Does Post Prison Supervision Affect Recidivism? Pettway, Coretta This select bibliography was put together in an effort to synthesize what has been done on post supervision and recidivism. Also included is a small section on international research, statistical sources for Ohio offenders and select readings on strategies for reforming community supervision.

2006-06-02T00:00:00Z Pettway, Coretta Solomon, Amy L. http://hdl.handle.net/1811/24012 2007-12-31T15:52:28Z 2006-06-02T00:00:00Z

Does Parole Supervision Work? Solomon, Amy L. Using release data from 14 states, Amy Solomon, Senior Research Associate with the Urban Institute, provided a summary of her research findings on the effectiveness of parole supervision. Comments were also provided by OSU Associate Professor Paul Bellair, Research Scientist Michael D. Maltz and ODRC Bureau of Research Chief Steve Van Dine. Requires RealPlayer to view.

2006-06-02T00:00:00Z Solomon, Amy L.