"But They All Come Back moves the debate about returning prisoners into the larger arena where policy is made and the lives of tens of thousands of former prisoners and their families are touched. Jeremy Travis spells out the empirical underpinnings of the case for comprehensive services to reduce recidivism and renew hope for these men and women, a clear-eyed vision of the practical challenges ahead, and something I can only call wisdom about where and how to start. His book is a must-read for anyone interested in prisoner reentry and social justice in America."
—Joan Petersilia, Ph.D., Professor of Criminology, University of California, Irvine, and author of When Prisoners Come Home
"The vision and scholarship that have made Jeremy Travis a national leader on reentry have now been brought together in this comprehensive volume. But They All Come Back combines a compelling theoretical perspective with a detailed practical guide to fashioning an effective public policy strategy for this critical stage in criminal justice."
—Marc Mauer, Assistant Director, The Sentencing Project, and author of Race to Incarcerate
"This tour de force is perhaps the best policy book I've ever read—conceptually rich, empirically compelling, and savvy to boot. We've had a transformation in policing, and Travis now presents the why and how for reengineering the entire back end of the justice system—an agenda desperately important for communities triply burdened by concentrated crime, incarceration, and massive return of ex-felons. Everyone in the legal and policy communities concerned with crime and justice should read this book."
—Christopher Edley Jr., Dean, School of Law, University of California, Berkeley, and former Director, The Civil Rights Project, Harvard University
"Jeremy Travis masterfully analyzes the challenges that arise from what he so aptly terms 'the iron law of corrections'—virtually all of the millions of incarcerated Americans eventually return to the community. He responds to this reality by articulating a compelling set of principles and creative practices that, if adopted, will foster the effective reintegration of prisoners into the fabric of society."
—Ashbel T. Wall II, Director, Rhode Island Department of Corrections
But They All Come Back: Facing the Challenges of Prisoner Reentry, by Jeremy Travis, is available from the Urban Institute Press (paper, 6" x 9", 420 pages, ISBN 0-87766-750-0, $32.50).
