May 2004

The eighth Reentry Roundtable addressed the nexus between reentry and community policing in the context of public safety. During the two-day meeting, practitioners, academics, service providers and community leaders were brought together to discuss their perspectives on the role of law enforcement in tackling the issue of prisoner reentry.

Publication

Prisoner Reentry and Community Policing: Strategies for Enhancing Public Safety

Meeting summary

Prisoner Reentry and Community Policing: Strategies for Enhancing Public Safety

Commissioned papers for the Roundtable
All commissioned papers are available in a single volume published by the Urban Institute

Promoting Public Safety: A Problem-Oriented Approach to Prisoner Reentry (Walter J. Dickey and Cecilia M. Klingele)

The Roles of the Police in the Offender Reentry Process (Edmund F. McGarrell, Carol Rapp Zimmerman, Natalie K. Hipple, and Nicholas Corsaro)

Turning "Weeds" into "Seeds" (Alan Mobley)

Brick Walls Facing Reentering Offenders (Faye Taxman)

This Roundtable was funded by the Department of Justice Office of Community Oriented Policing.