Studies, Articles, and Publications

Commentary & Reports

The Extravagance of Imprisonment Revisited
The National Council of Crime and Delinquency, a Special Report - January 2010

Religiosity_and_Drug_Use.pdf
Journal of Drug Issues, Vol. 38, No. 3 - 2008


Best Practices Tool-Kit:  Faith-Based Programming, Reentry and Recidivism
Ohio Institute on Correctional best Practices - 2007

Report of the National Institute of Corrections Advisory Board Hearings:  Faith-Based Approach to Correctional Issues
National Institute of Corrections - 2005

When the Gates Open:  Ready4Work: A National Response to the Prisoner Reentry Crisis
By Joshua Good and Pamela Sherrid, Public/Private Ventures - 2005

Religion, Reform, Community:  Examining the Idea of Church-Based Prisoner Reentry
By Omar M. McRoberts, Urban Institute, Justice Policy Center - 2002


Research & Statistics

Religious Programs, Institutional Adjustment, and Recidivism among Former Inmates in Prison Fellowship Programs
By Byron R. Johnson, David B. Larson, and Timothy C. Pitts, Justice Quarterly - 1997

The Influence of Christian Programs on the Academic Achievement of Low-Literate Male Inmates
Jonathan E. Messemer, The Journal of Correctional Education - 2007

The InnerChange Freedom Initiative:  A Preliminary Evaluation of a Faith-Based Prison Program
Byron R. Johnson, Center for Research on Religion and Urban Civil Society - 2003

Assessing the Impact of Religious Programs and Prison Industry on Recidivism:  An Exploratory Study
By Byron R. Johnson, 2002

Residential Faith-Based Programs in State Corrections
National Institute of Corrections Information Center - 2005

Organizational Capacity Building Resources for Faith-Based Victim Service Programs:  Resource Matrix
Office for Victims of Crime - 2008