Heroin Abuse and Collective Identity…
Furst, R. Terry, and Rebecca Balletto (2012). Heroin Abuse and Collective Identity: Correlates and Consequences of Geographical Place. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 10(5), 684-695. Ethnography and qualitative research were utilized to examine how the effects of geographic place can be related to heroin abuse and collective identity in small metropolitan areas (SMAs), in…Read More »
Exploring Inmate Reentry in a Local Jail Setting
Michael D. White, Jessica Saunders, Christopher Fisher, and Jeff Mellow (2012). “Exploring Inmate Reentry in a Local Jail Setting: Implications for Outreach, Service use, and Recidivism.” Crime and Delinquency, 58(1): 124-146. Although prisoner reentry has taken center stage in correctional research and policy discussions, there has been little emphasis on reentry among jail populations. This…Read More »
Evaluating Systems Change in a Juvenile Justice Reform Initiative
John K. Roman, Jeffrey A. Butts, and Caterina Roman (2011). “Evaluating Systems Change in a Juvenile Justice Reform Initiative.” Children and Youth Services Review, 33: S41-S53. Evaluating comprehensive, inter-agency initiatives to reform human services systems presents substantial challenges to traditional research models. Outcomes are observed at the system level rather than the individual level, and…Read More »
Halfway Back: An Alternative to Revocation …
Michael D. White, Jeff Mellow, Kristin Englander, Marc Ruffinengo (2011). “Halfway Back: An Alternative to Revocation for Technical Parole Violators.” Criminal Justice Policy Review, 22(2): 140-166. Over the past three decades, concomitant increases in prison population and the use of parole, coupled with a more punitive parole philosophy and fiscal crises at every level of…Read More »
Teen Courts — Do They Work and Why?
Jeffrey A. Butts and Jennifer Ortiz (2011). “Teen courts — Do they work and why?” New York State Bar Association Journal, 83(1): 18-21. Despite their popularity, there are many unanswered questions about the effectiveness of teen courts. The overall impression one gets from the evaluation literature is positive, but researchers have yet to identify exactly why…Read More »
The Transformation of Drug Markets…
R. Terry Furst, Ric Curtis, and Rebecca Balletto (2011). “The Transformation of Drug Markets and its Impact on HIV Outreach to Injection Drug Users in New York City, 1987-2008.” Substance Use & Misuse, 46(2-3): 150-158. This oral history describes three periods of street outreach to injection drug users at risk for HIV in New York…Read More »
Patient Safety: Moving the Bar in Prison Health Care Standards
Marc F. Stern, Robert B. Greifinger, and Jeff Mellow (2010). “Patient Safety: Moving the Bar in Prison Health Care Standards.” American Journal of Public Health, 100(11): 2103-2110. Improvements in community health care quality through error reduction have been slow to transfer to correctional settings. We convened a panel of correctional experts, which recommended 60 patient…Read More »
Expanding the Role of Patrol in Criminal Investigations…
Dennis Kenney, Michael D. White, and Marc Ruffinengo (2010). “Expanding the Role of Patrol in Criminal Investigations: Houston’s Investigative First Responder Project.” Police Quarterly, 13(2): 136-160. Research in the late 1970s discovered two on-going problems with criminal investigations. The first problem involved the inefficiency in the work done by detectives, and the second centered on…Read More »
Assessing our Knowledge of Identity Theft…
Michael D. White and Christopher Fisher (2008). “Assessing our Knowledge of Identity Theft: The Challenges to Effective Prevention and Control Efforts. Criminal Justice Policy Review, 19(1): 3-24. Identity theft, defined as the unlawful use of another’s identifying information for gain, has quickly become the most prevalent financial crime in the United States. Despite its substantial…Read More »
Technology-driven Literacy Programs…
Michael D. White, Michele Galietta, and Gypsy Escobar (2006). “Technology-driven Literacy Programs as a Tool for Re-connecting Incarcerated Mothers and their Children: Assessing their Need and Viability in a Federal Prison.” Justice Policy Journal, 3(1): 1-20. Given the consequences of infrequent visitation for incarcerated mothers and their children, corrections officials have sought to identify innovative…Read More »