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Jan 19, 2012Scholars, practitioners, and justice advocates have extensively examined the corrosive impact of mass incarceration on families and communities. The inclusion of family impact statements into the justice equation, as reported by Vera, signals a welcome confluence of empirical research and criminal j... More
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Jan 18, 2012As the chief executive of Families Outside, a national Scottish charity that works on behalf of children and families affected by imprisonment, I found the recent article on the San Francisco Adult Probation Department’s family-focused approach to probation a breath of fresh air. San Fran... More
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Dec 30, 2011As you might expect, the end-of-the-year holidays present an opportunity for youth service programs to focus on families. No matter what the rest of the year looks like, suddenly calendars fill with dinners, presents, and special family visits. Social service programs aren't unusual in this regard;... More
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Dec 13, 2011Just in time for the holidays—traditionally a season for connecting with family—Minnesota’s Department of Corrections (DOC) published a research report that supports what many people know intuitively: contact with supportive people can help reduce the chances that someone who has b... More
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Oct 28, 2011Guest blogger Stefan LoBuglio is chief of Pre-Release and Reentry Services in the Montgomery County (Maryland) Department of Correction and Rehabilitation. As the division chief of one of the pilot sites─the Montgomery County (Maryland) Pre-Release Center─in the Family Justice Program’s Cl... More
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Jun 7, 2011At APT, we have a story we use for training new staff about the complexities of using strengths-based communication in systems focused on risk. A few years ago, in preparation for a court appearance about one of the kids in our program, the APT therapist submitted a report summarizing our client&rsq... More
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May 17, 2011By Sandra Villalobos Agudelo, research associate in the Family Justice Program Vera’s Family Justice Program recently completed the Reentry Is Relational project, which piloted a tool to improve planning for adults in jail or prison who will return to the community. The Relational Inquiry Tool... More
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