Prisoner Re-Entry and Gentrification

当囚犯回到美国城市的家中时，他们可能会发现由于中产阶级化和人口流动，他们的社区已经发生了变化。本研究探讨了中产阶级化和邻里变化如何塑造以前被监禁的男子的重返社会的轨迹，从75个以前被监禁的男子在一个广泛中产阶级化的城市采访。这个项目将帮助我们了解中产阶级化和多样化的社区在多大程度上帮助或阻碍了返回囚犯的重新融合。 调查结果将使我们能够告知决策者关于重新融入这一庞大且不断增长的人口的最佳做法，这将使他们不太可能回到监狱。访谈平均分为三种社区：1）经历了人口变化的社区，同时平均收入增加; 2）经历了人口变化而平均收入没有变化的社区;（3）自1990年以来人口统计学或平均收入变化不大的社区。 与来自这三种类型的社区的以前被监禁的人的访谈将允许在经历了不同程度和种类的营业额的社区之间的重返社会的轨迹进行比较。这些采访被记录下来，逐字转录，然后编码，以评估整个采访的共同主题。这个奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并已被认为是值得通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估的支持。

When prisoners return home to American cities, they may find that their neighborhoods have changed due to gentrification and demographic turnover. This study explores how gentrification and neighborhood change shape the reintegration trajectories of formerly incarcerated men, drawing from interviews with 75 formerly incarcerated men in a city that has gentrified extensively. This project will help us understand the extent to which gentrified and diverse neighborhoods help or hinder returning prisoners' reintegration. Findings will allow us to inform decision-makers on best practices for reintegrating this large and growing population, which will make it less likely that they return to prison.The interviews are evenly divided between three kinds of neighborhoods: 1) neighborhoods that have experienced demographic change alongside an increase in average income; 2) neighborhoods that have experienced demographic change without changes in average income; and 3) neighborhoods with little demographic or average income change since 1990. Interviews with formerly incarcerated men from these three types of neighborhoods will allow for a comparison of reintegration trajectories across neighborhoods that have experienced different levels and kinds of turnover. These interviews are recorded, transcribed verbatim, and then coded to assess common themes across the interviews.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.