Articles
Urban and Rural Victimization
While national-level crime statistics provide important information regarding overall crime trends, they cannot yet demonstrate differences in crime and victimization at the sub-national level. For instance, reporting local data through the FBI’s Uniform Crime...
US Dept of Justice: Capital Punishment 2014-2015
This report provides information on persons under sentence of death on December 31, 2014, and December 31, 2015. It includes summary trends on the population of inmates under sentence of death, admissions and releases from death row, and the number of persons...
Using Action Methods in Teaching – Larson, Lowe
Van Domelen Witherow – Balancing Protection and Ministry
Volunteer Handbook: Successful Strategies for Recruiting, Training, and Utilizing Volunteers
A useful handbook for Chaplains to assist with strategies in Recuruitng, Training, and Utilyzing volunteers to work with the Incarcerated population. Made by SAMHSA in their Faith-Based and Community Initiatize.
Volunteer Voices – Karen Swanson and Lynn Cooper
Walker Casselberry – Setting the Prisoner Free
What percentage of Americans have ever had a family member incarcerated?
45 percent of Americans have ever had an immediate family member...
What Works in Residential Centers Monographs
This is the first in a series of reports about the practice of performance-based contracting for residential reentry centers (RRCs) for Federal offenders. This study probed the nature of theservices provided in RRCs and whether they meet the overall goals of a...
When A Parent Is Incarcerated (primer)
The goal of this primer is to provide relevant and practical information for public child welfare agencies and social workers when working with incarcerated parents. There are many compelling reasons why child welfare agencies should develop programs and policies...