Existing reviews of the impact of restorative justice programs on juvenile recidivism have
reached mixed conclusions. The present meta-analysis identified relevant studies through a …

An unrelenting prison boom, marked by stark racial disparities, pulled a disproportionate
number of young black men into prison in the last forty years. In Children of the Prison Boom …

Over the last thirty years, the prison population in the United States has increased more than
seven-fold to over two million people, including vastly disproportionate numbers of …

Although growth in the US prison population over the past twenty-five years has been widely
discussed, few studies examine changes in inequality in imprisonment. We study penal …

Constance Flanagan and Peter Levine survey research on civic engagement among US
adolescents and young adults. Civic engagement, they say, is important both for the …

Over 2% of US children under the age of 18—more than 1,700,000 children—have a parent
in prison. These children experience very real disadvantages when compared to their peers …

D. Wayne Osgood, E. Michael Foster, and Mark E. Courtney examine the transition to
adulthood for youth involved in social service and justice systems during childhood and …

The sevenfold increase in the incarceration rate between the early 1970s and 2010 is
implicated in race differences in, among others, health (Massoglia, 2008), marriage rates …

Objectives: Drawing on theories that emphasize the salience of social ties, this study
examines the different kinds of experiences prisoners have with visitation and the …

Rising imprisonment rates and declining marriage rates among low‐education African
Americans motivate an analysis of the effects of incarceration on marriage. An event history …