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No other issue facing the criminal justice system is more pressing than the prisoner reentry issue (Petersilia 2004). At a time when prison populations have stabilized and many states have either reduced prison commitments or have been forced to reduce prison populations (e.g., California), we have seen unprecedented growth in returning offender populations (Bureau of Justice Statistics 2015; Zimring 2016). Additionally, there have been concerns on how best to deal with offenders once they are released from prison (Council on State Governments 2010; see Council on State Governments’ Justice Center reports on prisoner reentry initiatives across the country). These concerns have spawned many discussions and debates both at the federal level and at the state level about how to address burgeoning prisoner reentry populations. Offenders are leaving prisons and now need to be managed within communities (Schrag 2013, Crow and Smykla 2014).
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Stojkovic, S. (2017). Introduction. In: Stojkovic, S. (eds) Prisoner Reentry. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-57929-4_1
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