When Prisoners Come Home

As the number of convicts in American society continues to grow, how their marginalization affects us all will be an increasingly pressing political and practical challenge. A broad and empirically informed resource, this book explores the critical dimensions of prisoner reentry and offers policy and program solutions. A new afterword from the author brings the book up-to-date with recent policies, trends, and the latest evidence on what works and what doesn't inparole and prisoner reentry programs.

Joan Petersilia is Professor of Criminology, Law and Society at the University of California, Irvine. The author of numerous books and a former president of the American Society of Criminology, she is a consultant to the United States Department of Justice and to many state and local agencies.

Preface
1.: Introduction and Overview
2.: Who's Coming Home? A Profile of Returning Prisoners
3.: The Origins and Evolution of Modern Parole
4.: The Changing Nature of Parole Supervision and Services
5.: How We Help: Preparing Inmates for Release
6.: How We Hinder: Legal and Practical Barriers to Reintegration
7.: Revolving Door Justice: Inmate Release and Recidivism
8.: The Victim's Role in Prisoner Reentry
9.: What to Do? Reforming Parole and Reentry Practices
10.: Conclusions: When Punitive Policies Backfire
Afterword