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2 Youth Violence & Juv. Just. 3 (2004)

handle is hein.journals/yvja2 and id is 1 raw text is: YOUTH DEVELOPMENT AND REENTRY Daniel P. Mears Jeremy Travis The Urban Institute The transition of young people ages 24 and younger from juvenile and adult correctional settings back into schools, families, communities, and society at large-a process termed youth reentry-is one of the critical justice policy issues currently confronting the United States, yet research addressing this topic is limited. We therefore know little about the unique challenges, including the role of youth development, involved in youth reentry or how best to effectively assist this population to become contributing members of society. For this reason, the Urban Institute convened a roundtable of researchers, practitioners, policy makers, and community leaders to inform national discussions about youth reentry. In this introduction to the special issue, we summarize the findings and issues raised at the meeting, presenting highlights from the paper presentations and discussions. We then identify some of the promising research and policy directions that emerged from the meeting. Keywords: juvenile; youth; prisoner; justice; reentry The tough-on-crime policies of the past decade have contributed to a dramatic increase in the incarceration of young people and, thus, an equally dramatic increase in the numbers of these young people transitioning back into communities, schools, and families. Against this backdrop, much remains unknown about this population. How, for example, do we best ensure that young people released from prison will become contributing members of society? This critical policy question remains largely unaddressed, although, as the authors in this special issue on youth reentry attest, there are a number of promising directions for programs, policies, and research. America currently faces the daunting task of reintegrating approximately 200,000 juveniles and young adults ages 24 and younger who leave secure juvenile correctional facilities or state and federal prisons and return home each year-a process that we call youth reentry.' The unprecedented growth in incarceration means that communities across the country increasingly must confront the challenges of integrating ever-growing numbers of young people who have been in adult prisons or prison-like settings operated by the Authors' Note: Partial support for development of this article was provided by the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation and the California Endowment. The views expressed in this article are those of the authors and should not be attributed to the foundations or to the Urban Institute, its trustees, or funders. Please address correspondence to Daniel P. Mears, Justice Policy Center, The Urban Institute, Washington, DC 20037; phone: 202-261-5592; fax: 202-659-8985; e-mail: dmears@urban.org. Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice, Vol. 2 No. 1, January 2004 3-20 DOI: 10.1177/1541204003260044 © 2004 Sage Publications

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