• Prisoner Reentry and Community Policing: Strategies for Enhancing Public Safety.  In an effort to examine reentry issues from a community policing perspective, the Urban Institute, in partnership with the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services of the U.S. Department of Justice, invited practitioners, policy-makers, academics, and service providers to participate in a Reentry Roundtable to discuss ways in which the role of police could expand beyond actions traditionally taken in this arena.  The report offers a discussion of the potential organizational and community-level challenges to expanding law enforcement's role in reentry and suggests strategies for overcoming these obstacles.  (March 2006, 94 pages)

Guides

• Building an Offender Reentry Program: A Guide for Law Enforcement.  Offender reintegration requires a concerted effort among criminal justice practitioners – including law enforcement – to address the impact made by returning offenders.   In an effort to determine the state of law enforcement’s participation in offender reentry initiatives, the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) partnered with the Bureau of Justice Assistance of the Office of Justice Programs at the US Department of Justice to comprehensively examine law enforcement’s role in offender reentry initiatives.  IACP’s goal is to increase law enforcement’s participation in offender reentry through the provision of information, sharing of leading practices, and development of products to promote public safety partnerships.  (2006, 60 pages)

  In partnership with BJA, the IACP is examining the potential for intensified law enforcement involvement in offender reentry efforts. The IACP hopes to reduce recidivism, disorder and victimization through increased law enforcement participation in offender reentry programs. The IACP has several products designed to assist law enforcement in their offender reentry efforts. 
   

• Mapping for Community-Based Prisoner Reentry Efforts: A Guidebook for Law Enforcement Agencies and Their Partners.  This guidebook by the Urban Institute and funded by the Police Foundation through a grant from the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Community Oriented Policing Services explores ways in which mapping can aid police responses to prisoner reentry.  It describes how police agencies, in partnership with corrections, service providers, and community representatives, can use maps to influence changes in policies, practices, and procedures, in turn enhancing public safety by reducing recidivism among released prisoners and apprehending those who do recidivate swiftly and efficiently.  (May 2007, 46 pages)