Reentry Resources for Returning Citizens, their families, and loved ones: Advocacy & Support Groups
If you want to perform research concerning reentry trends, prison reform, criminal justice system, legal issues, or any other relevant areas, the Boston Public Library has access to electronic databases covering diverse subject matter. Please visit your closest branch location and sign up for a library card to access this material or to ask a librarian for assistance.
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Al-Anon Family Groups |
New England Center & Home for Veterans |
Mothers for Justice and Equality |
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Moving Steps Foundation |
Gambler's Anonymous |
Nar-Anon Family Groups |
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Prison Policy Initiative |
National Reentry Resource Center |
ACLU Massachusetts |
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New England Innocence Project |
Suggested databases and keyword terms are below:
Keywords
- Federal or State corrections
- Criminal Justice
- Criminal rehabilitation or rehabilitation
- Ex-offender or ex-convict
- Homelessness
- Housing Insecurity
- Incarceration
- Imprisonment
- Juvenile corrections
- Mass incarceration
- Parole
- Poverty
- Prison reform
- Prisoner reintegration
- Prisoners' rights
- Recidivism
- Reentry
- Reentry trends
- Unemployment
- The Making of Modern Law: American Civil Liberties Union PapersThe American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has throughout its history consistently stood at the center of controversies involving the rights of Americans. Its records offer researchers a unique view of the inner workings of the organization and the hundreds of groups with which the ACLU interacted.
Our subscription contains:
- Part I: 1912-1990
- Part II: Southern Regional Office
- CQ ResearcherFounded in 1923 as Editorial Research Reports, CQ Researcher is noted for its in-depth, unbiased coverage of health, social trends, criminal justice, international affairs, education, the environment, technology and the economy. Each single-themed, 12,000-word report is researched and written by a seasoned journalist. Includes access to CQ Almanac, which provides authoritative analysis on the major legislation and actions of congress for each year since 1945.
- Criminal Justice This link opens in a new windowWhether studying to become a lawyer or law enforcement officer, paralegal, or for a career in Homeland Security, this collection rises to the challenge. Users will have access to hundreds of full-text journals.
- Fastcase This link opens in a new windowFastcase’s libraries include primary law from all 50 states, as well as deep federal coverage going back to 1 U.S. 1, 1 F.2d 1, 1 F.Supp. 1, and 1 B.R. 1. The Fastcase collection includes cases, statutes, regulations, court rules, and constitutions. Fastcase also provides access to a newspaper archive, legal forms, and a one-stop PACER search of federal filings.
- HeinOnlineHeinOnline contains more than 140 million pages and 125,000 titles of legal history and government documents in a fully searchable, image-based format.
- JSTOR This link opens in a new windowFull-text access to over 850 core scholarly journals covering 44 specialized subject areas. Complete back runs of many titles are available. Coverage: spread out over the last 150 years but no current coverage for last 3-5 years.
- Statistical Abstract of the U.S. This link opens in a new windowPublished annually by the Federal Government since 1878, The Statistical Abstract of the United States is the best-known statistical reference publication in the country, and perhaps, the world. It is used as both an answer book (“How much corn is grown in Iowa?”) and a guide to statistical sources (“What organization has the most authoritative data on foreclosures?”). As a comprehensive collection of statistics on the social, political, and economic conditions of the United States, it is a snapshot of America and its people for the current year.
- Statistical Insight This link opens in a new windowThree statistical databases are part of the Statistical Insight: American Statistics Index (federal), Statistical Reference Index (state and private), and Index to International Statistics. Coverage:
American Statistics Index 1973-present
Statistical Reference Index 1980-present
Index to International Statistics 1983-present