recidivism

FSU researchers lead grant to study technology impact on increasing support for individuals under community supervision

Published: November 12, 2019 | 4:00 pm | Posted in: Education & Society

Is a smart phone app the answer to increasing support and improving well-being among individuals under community supervision? A team of researchers led by two Florida State University scholars intends to find out with the help of a $1.9 million grant from the National Institute of Justice. Carrie Pettus-Davis, executive director and founder of the […]

FSU researchers receive grant to conduct re-entry program for young men

Published: October 21, 2019 | 1:11 pm | Posted in: Education & Society

Researchers (l to r) Carrie Pettus-Davis, Stephen Tripodi and Tanya Renn of the Institute for Justice Research and Development at the FSU College of Social Work.

Florida State University has received a grant totaling nearly $1.2 million from the National Institute of Justice to evaluate the effectiveness of a comprehensive trauma-based re-entry program for young adult men. A team of researchers including Carrie Pettus-Davis, Stephen Tripodi and Tanya Renn of the Institute for Justice Research and Development at the FSU College […]

FSU researchers find immigrants who commit felonies less likely than nonimmigrants to commit another

Published: September 19, 2019 | 9:56 am | Posted in: Education & Society, News

A new study by Florida State University researchers has found that immigrants who have committed a felony and been released from prisons in Florida are significantly less likely to reoffend by committing another felony than their nonimmigrant peers. The study, appearing in Justice Quarterly, compared recidivism rates of foreign-born and native-born individuals who had been […]

FSU researchers find ‘Seeking Safety’ program helps improve mental health for incarcerated women

Published: May 16, 2019 | 11:37 am | Posted in: Education & Society, University News

New research from Florida State University has found that Seeking Safety, a cognitive behavior-based intervention program, is a promising program for reducing incarcerated women’s symptoms of depression and post-traumatic stress disorder. FSU College of Social Work Associate Professor and Associate Director of the Institute for Justice Research and Development Stephen J. Tripodi led a team […]