Resources for Students Formerly Involved in the Justice System: Research Resources

The resources below are intended to help you find useful information in the field of supporting those who have been formerly involved with the criminal justice system.  The list is be no means complete and will continue to be updated.

OVERVIEW

• An Overview of Offender Reentry National Institute of Justice- 2018

• Offender Reentry : Beyond Crime and Punishment EC ebook – AUTHOR ElaineGunnison, PUB , Jacqueline B. Helfgott, PUBLISHER Lynne Rienner Publishers; 2013 

• Getting Out with Grace Merritt Hicks

• The National Reentry Resource Center (NRRC) Funded and administered by the U.S. Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA).

• Counterstory: After Incarceration Executive Producer - Joni Schwartz. Associate Producer and Cinematographer - Bethany Jacobson

• Seattle Reentry Workgroup Final Report  Prepared in response to the City of Seattle Resolution 31637 - October 2018

RESEARCH/DATA/STATISTICS

• Scientific Research Study:

  • Offender Reentry and Cognitive Intervention : Propensity Score Matching Utility for Outcome Assessment EC ebook – AUTHOR Ken Balusek, PUBLISHER, LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC, 2014

• Data on Current Population on Incarcerated Individuals: 

  • Number of Washington State Prison Admissions by County of Admission: Number of Prison Releases by County of Release (Fiscal Years 2014-2020)

  • National Corrections Reporting Program, 1991-2018: Selected Variables (ICPSR 37973)

    • National Archive of Criminal Justice Data (NACJD)

    • U.S. Census Bureau: Criminal Justice Statistics

    • Washington State Department of Corrections: Data Analytics

LEGISLATION, LAWS AND LEGAL RESOURCES

• King County Drug Offenses laws: 

  • King County Superior Court Criminal Department Manual Revised May 2021

  • King County Prosecuting Attorney's Office: Filing and Deposition Standards -Revised June 2021

• Washington State Graduate Reentry Legislation:

  • Improving Public Safety by Building Successful Transitions into Communities: Graduated Reentry - February 2021

  • RCW 9.94A.733 - Home detention—Graduated reentry program—Requirements for department.

• Legal Forms

  • Free Legal Forms Online

  • King County Civil Procedure Forms

  • Snohomish County Superior Court Forms

  • Snohomish County Juvenile Court Forms

  • Washington State Court Legal Forms

• Washington State Ban the Box:

  •  Fair Chance Act | Washington State

  • Beyond the Box Increasing Access to Higher Education for Justice-Involved Individuals May 9, 2016 U.S. Department of Education

EMPLOYMENT

• Transitional Jobs Reentry Demonstration The Joyce Foundation July 2009

EDUCATION

• Corrections Education & Reentry Conference: Building Pathways to Successful Reentry Wenatchee Convention Center May 19-21, 2019

• Post-Prison Education Research Lab UW Tacoma

HEALTHCARE/FAMILIES

• Bridging Criminal Justice Systems and Community Healthcare: Integration’s Role in Reentry SAMHSA Webinar June 18, 2013

• The National Resource Center on Children and Families of the Incarcerated Rutgers University
• TIP 30: Continuity of Offender Treatment for Substance Use Disorders from Institution to Community SAMHSA Publication Date January 2008

Think scholarly research is not part of our everyday news?  Clink on the links to see how this research study, "Educational Disabilities Among Children Born With Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome" went from a scholarly article to a news story:

1. American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) 

2. Centers for Disease Control - Notice

3. EdWeek - trade magazine article

4. HealthDay - trade magazine article

5. US News - online general magazine article

6. Seattle Times - newspaper article

7.  Twitter