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The Effect Of Legal Financial Obligations On Reentry Experiences, Breanne Rae Pleggenkuhle
The Effect Of Legal Financial Obligations On Reentry Experiences, Breanne Rae Pleggenkuhle
Dissertations
In 2010, over 700,000 offenders were released from prison (Guerino, Harrison, and Sabol, 2012), and on any given day over seven million individual are under some form of correctional supervision (Glaze, 2011). Research has documented the collateral consequences of transition such as diminished employment prospects and limited housing availability. Fiscal concerns have shifted some of the costs of prosecution and correctional supervision to the offender, resulting in accumulation of legal financial obligations. However, little research has examined of the effect of legal financial obligations on reentry outcomes. This study has two broad goals. The first objective was to document the …
A Failing Correctional System: State Prison Overcrowding In The United States, Susan M. Campers
A Failing Correctional System: State Prison Overcrowding In The United States, Susan M. Campers
Pell Scholars and Senior Theses
State prison overcrowding has grown into a detrimental problem within our American penal system, such that after decades of being ignored by politicians, media outlets, and the lower court system, it has resulted in an ineffective and overcrowded correctional system that craves reformation.
Debunking The Myths Of American Corrections, Jeffrey Ian Ross Ph.D.
Debunking The Myths Of American Corrections, Jeffrey Ian Ross Ph.D.
Jeffrey Ian Ross Ph.D.
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