Prison Realignment’s Impact on Parole and Probation-Joan Petersilia-DC Public Safety Radio

Summary:  Welcome to “DC Public Safety” – Radio and television shows, blog and transcripts on crime, criminal offenders and the criminal justice system. We received 1.4 million page views in 2012. This is radio show 183. Transcript available at http://media.csosa.gov/podcast/transcripts/2013/08/prison-realignments-impact-on-parole-and-probation-joan-petersilia-dc-public-safety-radio/ The portal site for “DC Public Safety” is http://media.csosa.gov. Subscribe to “DC Public Safety” through iTunes. Current Radio Program: The program interviews Dr. Joan Petersilia, Adelbert H. Sweet Professor of Law and Faculty Co-Director, Stanford Criminal Justice Center on evidence based community corrections. Dr. Petersilia is a leading researcher of California’s Prison Realignment initiative; she uses examples from that experience to discuss community corrections throughout the country. The program focuses on California’s Prison Realignment and its impact on parole and probation and county community corrections. The National Institute of Justice of the Office of Justice Programs, US Department of Justice is providing funds to Stanford for an evaluation. Dr. Petersilia spent more than 25 years studying the performance of U.S. criminal justice agencies and has been instrumental in affecting sentencing and corrections reform in California and throughout the United States. She is the author of 11 books about crime and public policy, and her research on parole reform, prisoner reintegration and sentencing policy has fueled changes in policies throughout the nation. A criminologist with a background in empirical research and social science, Dr. Petersilia has focused on policies related to crime control, sentencing, and corrections, and developing nonpartisan analyses and recommendations intended to aid public officials, legal practitioners, and the public in understanding criminal justice policy at the state and national levels. The website for the Stanford Criminal Justice Center is http://www.law.stanford.edu/node/149644 . The website for the Sanford Law School is  http://www.law.stanford.edu/ . Dr. Petersilia made reference to “Looking Past The Hype: 10 Questions  Everyone Should Ask About California’s  Prison Realignment.” It’s available at http://www.law.stanford.edu/sites/default/files/publication/406310/doc/slspublic/petersilia-snyder-5(2)%20cjpp-pp266-306-2013.pdf . Special Announcements: A top priority for Attorney General Eric Holder’s Department of Justice is to invest in scientific research to ensure that the Department is both tough and smart on crime. The Office of Justice Programs’ CrimeSolutions.gov website shapes rigorous research into a central, reliable, and credible resource to inform practitioners and policy makers about what works in criminal justice. A new website lists and evaluates prisoner re-entry programs nationwide. Launched yesterday by the Urban Institute, the Council of State Governments, and the John Jay College of Criminal Justice Prisoner Reentry Institute, the “What Works Clearinghouse” can be seen at http://nationalreentryresourcecenter.org/what_works. The National Reentry Resource Center is a project of the Bureau of Justice Assistance, Office of Justice Programs, US Department of Justice. Please see the Center’s website at http://www.nationalreentryresourcecenter.org/. Please see “Federal Interagency Reentry Council Launches Website, Releases Myth-Buster Series” on the front page of the site (see announcements). CSOSA is a member of the Council. Several requesters have asked for national research on reentry. The Office of Justice Program’s National Institute of Justice reentry research portfolio supports the evaluation of innovative reentry programs. To access these studies and NIJ’s entire reentry research portfolio visit www.nij.gov/nij/topics/corrections/reentry/welcome.htm . The Office of Violence Against Women offers stalking response tips for corrections, prosecutors, judges, law enforcement, victims and victim