PSY-5114 V1

Apel, R., & Horney, J. (2017). How and why does work matter? Employment conditions, routine activities, and crime among adult male offenders. Criminology, 55(2), 307–343.
Apel and Horney (2017) discuss their research regarding a significant issue that many scholars suggest should be addressed by justice system reform – unemployment. Their study provides information that may guide any reform efforts that seek to increase employment opportunities for ex-offenders.

Purtle, J., Gebrekristos, L. T., Keene, D., Schlesinger, P., Niccolai, L., & Blankenship, K. M. (2020). Quantifying the restrictiveness of local housing authority policies toward people with criminal justice histories: United States, 2009–2018. American Journal of Public Health, 110, S137–S144.
Purtle et al. (2020) discuss another issue that scholars suggest should be a focus of reform – housing. Many individuals who have been involved in the system experience difficulties in obtaining housing, and this article details the common issues that are experienced.

Ryder, J. A. (2020). Enhancing female prisoners’ access to education. International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy, 9(1), 139–149.
Ryder (2020) review the importance of providing quality education to incarcerated females. Education has also been identified as a key focus for system reform, and this article identifies educational needs for a specific population within corrections.

Subramanian, R., Eisen, L. B., Merkl, T., Arzy, L., Stroud, H. King, T. Fielding, J. and Nahra, A. (2020, December 9). Transition 2020–2021: A federal agenda for criminal justice reform. Brennan Center for Justice.
Subramanian et al. (2020) present an agenda for justice reform. The issues that they identify are subject to debate, and students should read this report to identify areas that they may want to focus on in their own reform recommendations. Students may also want to reflect on issues that they support and those that they do not support.

Wennerstrom, A., Reilly, B., Sugarman, M., Henderson, N., & Niyogi, A. (2020). Promoting health equity and criminal justice reform: The Louisiana experience. American Journal of Public Health, 110, S39–S40.
Wennerstrom et al. (2020) cover healthcare as an issue that reform may address. There is a case example from Louisiana, and through reviewing this reading, students will be exposed to an issue that they may want to focus on in their reform recommendations.

Figgatt, S. (2021). Beyond the U.S. Department of Justice: An intersectional approach to advancing criminal justice reform at the federal level. Center for American Progress.
In this optional reading, Figgatt (2021) identifies ways in which reform may be promoted outside of the traditional system. Ideas for interdisciplinary approaches are provided.

International Association of Chiefs of Police. (2021, April). Law enforcement-based victims services: Advocacy parameters and documentation.
The International Association of Chiefs of Police (2021) discuss their identification of needs for victims services. This report documents the efforts that this organization has made to reform law enforcement’s approach to work with victims.