Jeremy Travis is a senior fellow at the Urban Institute, developing research and policy agendas on crime in community context, new concepts of the agencies of justice, sentencing and prisoner reentry, and international crime. He is cochair of the Reentry Roundtable, a group of nationally prominent researchers and policymakers devoted to exploring the dimensions of prisoner reentry. Before joining the Urban Institute, Mr. Travis was the director of the National Institute of Justice (NIJ), and was particularly instrumental in developing and directing the Institute's research agenda on sentencing and corrections issues. He has also been a key figure in the development of new approaches to prisoner reentry. He developed the concept of the reentry court, designed the Department of Justice's reentry partnership initiative, and created the federal reentry program in President Clinton's FY2000 budget. In 2001, Mr. Travis won the American Society of Criminology's August Vollmer Award for excellence and outstanding contributions in the field of criminal justice. In addition, he has taught courses on criminal justice, public policy, history, and law at Yale College, New York University's Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, New York University School of Law, and George Washington University. Mr. Travis has written and published extensively on constitutional law, criminal law, and criminal justice policy, including "But They All Come Back: Rethinking Prisoner Reentry" (National Institute of Justice, 2000).
Michelle Waul is the director of special projects at the National Center for Victims of Crime. She is managing the development of several policy and practice initiatives, including a multiyear demonstration project in three cities, focused on providing better and more comprehensive services for victims of crime. Before joining the National Center, she was a research associate with the Urban Institute working to link the research activities of the Justice Policy Center to policy and practice arenas in the field. Ms. Waul managed the national policy conference on the impact of incarceration and reentry on children and families, funded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, which led to this publication. She also served as project manager for the Reentry Roundtable and coauthored a policy monograph on prisoner reentry titled "From Prison to Home: The Dimensions and Consequences of Prisoner Reentry" (Urban Institute, 2001). Ms. Waul also served as the project manager for the Victims of Crime Act program for the state of Illinois.
