A Reentry-Centered Vision of Criminal Justice

8 Pages Posted: 17 Mar 2008

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Michael Pinard

University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law

Abstract

In recent years, record numbers of individuals have been released from U.S. correctional facilities and have reentered their communities. At present, approximately 650,000 individuals are released annually from U.S. federal and state prisons, while an estimated additional 7 million are released from its jails. In addition, the number of individuals with criminal records - whether or not they were incarcerated - continues to climb. At present, approximately 20 percent of adults in the United States have criminal records.

Part I [of this article] details the shortcomings of current reentry practice. Part II sets forth a reentry-centered vision of criminal justice that recasts the roles of defense attorneys, prosecutors, and judges. Part III sets out a couple of ways in which the reentry-centered model differs from models that, at first blush, appear to be similar and then explains that broader reforms are necessary to fully realize the reentry-centered vision.

Keywords: criminal justice

Suggested Citation

Pinard, Michael, A Reentry-Centered Vision of Criminal Justice. Federal Sentencing Reporter, Vol. 20, No. 2, pp. 103-109, 2007, U of Maryland Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2008-14, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1106266

Michael Pinard (Contact Author)

University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law ( email )

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Baltimore, MD 21201-1786
United States

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