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April 15, 2005
New Book by Jeremy Travis: But They All Come Back: Facing the Challenges of Prisoner Reentry
Jeremy Travis is the President of John Jay College and national expert on prisoner reentry issues. Prior to his appointment, Mr. Travis served four years as a senior fellow affiliated with the Justice Policy Center at the Urban Institute, where he launched a national research program on prisoner reentry into society and initiated research agendas on crime in a community context, sentencing, and international crime. While at the Urban Institute, Mr. Travis co-chaired the Reentry Roundtable, a group of nationally prominent researchers and policymakers devoted to exploring the dimensions of prisoner reentry. From 1994 to 2000, Mr. Travis was the director of the National Institute of Justice (NIJ).
For more information about the book, please see http://www.urban.org/pubs/AllComeBack/
Posted by lois at April 15, 2005 12:55 PM