Webinar:  Recidivism Reduction and Justice Reinvestment 

Recidivism Reduction and Justice Reinvestment
Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Successful corrections and sentencing policies result in recidivism reduction and cost savings. Learn how recidivism is defined and measured, and how some states have achieved significant drops in recidivism, including “justice reinvestment” approaches. 

This previously recorded webinar includes findings from the Public Safety Performance Project report State of Recidivism: The Revolving Door of America’s Prisons; a summary of the federal Justice Reinvestment Initiative; and state specific examples.

Please click here to listen to the webinar and here to view the power point slides

Speakers:

• Ryan King, research manager, Public Safety Performance Project of the Pew Center on the States
• Nancy La Vigne, Ph.D., director, Justice Policy Center of the Urban Institute
• J.J. Gentry, staff attorney, South Carolina Senate Judiciary Committee
• Douglas Holbrook, fiscal analyst, North Carolina General Assembly 

This webinar was produced under NCSL’ s partnerships with the Bureau of Justice Assistance in the Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice and the Public Safety Performance Project of the Pew Center on the States.

NCSL Resources:

• NCSL Corrections and Sentencing web page
• Justice Reinvestment, October 2011 LegisBrief
• Principles of Effective State Sentencing and Corrections Policy, August 2011 report
• Sentencing and Corrections Legislation, database

Additional Resources:

• Bureau of Justice Assistance, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice
  • Justice Reinvestment Initiative web page
• Public Safety Performance Project of the Pew Center on the States
  • State of Recidivism: The Revolving Door of America’s Prisons, April 2011 report
  • Work in the States, web page
• South Carolina Sentencing Reform Oversight Commission
  • State Expenditure Savings Report