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This white paper is divided into four parts: introduction and overview; public health, mental health, palliative, and end-of-life care issues; criminal justice policies and practices; and interdisciplinary collaboration and community partnerships. Anyone working with elderly offenders should read this report. Chapters of this publication are: “Introduction” by Tina Maschi, Mary Beth Morrissey, Russ Immarigeon, and Samantha Sutfin; “Visualizing the Aging Prisoner Crisis: A Conceptual Model for Policy and Practice Decision Making and Action” by Maschi and Morrissey; “Executive Summary and Recommendations” by Immarigeon; “Developing Ethical and Palliative Responses to Suffering Among Seriously Ill Aging Prisoners: Content Analysis Implications and Action Steps” by Morrissey, Maschi, and Junghee Han; “Forget Me Not: Dementia in Prisons” by Maschi, Jung Kwak, Eujung Ko, and Morrissey; “Trauma and Stress among Older Adults in the Criminal Justice System: A Review of the Literature with Implications for Social Work” by Maschi; “Age, Cumulative Trauma, Stressful Life Events, and Post-traumatic Stress Symptoms among Older Adults in Prison” by Maschi and Deborah Courtney; “Substance Use and Older Adults in the Criminal Justice System” by Keith Morgan; “True Grit: A Structured Living Program for Older Adults in Prison” by Mary T. Harrison, Karen Kopera-Frye, and William O. Harrison; “Criminal Sentencing Policy Reform and Aging Prison Populations” by Kathleen Auerhahn; “Doing Hard Time: Issues and Challenges Facing Older Women in Prison” by Azrini Wahidin; “Another Forgotten Population: Community Reintegration for Older Adults Leaving Prison” by Margaret E. Leigey; “Disproportionate Minority Contact in the American Juvenile Justice System: Implications for Older Adults in Prisons?” by Susan McCarter; “Advocacy, Elderly Prisoners, and Mass Imprisonment” by Immarigeon; “It’s Still About Time: Aging Prisoners, Increasing Costs, & Geriatric Release” by Tina Chiu; “Social Work and Older Inmates: NASW [National Association of Social Workers] Position Paper” by Melvin Wilson; “Personal & Professional Contact Patterns among Older Adults in Prison: Interdisciplinary Practice Implications” by Morrissey, Sutfin, and Maschi; and “Interdisciplinary Collaboration Practices with Older Adults in the Community: Implications for Prison and Community Corrections” by Maschi, Morrissey, Sutfin, and Manoj Pardasani. The appendix is “The Viewing Room: Films about Older Adults in Prison” by Rebecca Ackerman. SOURCE: Fordham University. Graduate School of Social Service. Be the Evidence Project (New York, NY); Collaborative of Palliative Care. Westchester and Southern Region (New York, NY). Authored by Maschi, Tina, editor; Morrissey, Mary Beth, editor; Immarigeon, Russ, editor; Sutfin, Samantha L..

This website “offers easy access to important research on the effectiveness of a wide variety of reentry programs and practices. It provides a user-friendly, one-stop shop for practitioners and service providers seeking guidance on evidence-based reentry interventions, as well as a useful resource for researchers and others interested in reentry.” Focus areas include brand name programs, employment, housing, and mental health. Other focus areas coming soon, so you want to keep checking back. Other points of entry to this site include: about the center; training and technical assistance (TA); library; reentry facts; what works; and tools and resources—calendar, funding, frequently asked questions, National Criminal Justice Initiatives Map, reentry service directories, program examples, Second Chance Act, Federal Interagency Reentry Council, and announcements. SOURCE: National Reentry Resource Center (New York, NY).

This report explains how psychologists should provide EBP to children and adolescents. Similar actions may be needed by professionals working with youth. Sections following an executive summary include: introduction; evidence-based practice (EBP)—history and definitions; assumptions of EBP; developmental considerations; overview of the scientific evidence—assessment and intervention; an evidence-based orientation to practice; implementation and dissemination; training and supervision; and recommendations. SOURCE: American Psychological Association. Task Force on Evidence-Based Practice with Children and Adolescents (Washington, DC).

"Presents data from the Census Bureau's Annual Government Finance Survey and Annual Survey of Public Employment. This series includes national, federal, and state-level estimates of government expenditures and employment for the following justice categories: police protection, all judicial functions (including prosecution, courts, and public defense), and corrections. Data for large local governments (counties with populations of 500,000 or more and cities with populations of 300,000 or more) are also included." SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics (Washington, DC).