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，由于士绅化和人口流动，他们的社区发生了变化。这项研究探讨了士绅化和社区变化如何影响以前被监禁的男性重新融入社会的轨迹，这项研究来自对75名以前被监禁的男性的采访，这座城市已经广泛地进行了中产阶级化。这个项目将帮助我们了解士绅化和多样化的社区在多大程度上帮助或阻碍返回的囚犯重新融入社会。调查结果将使我们能够让决策者了解重新融入这一庞大且不断增长的人口的最佳做法，这将降低他们重返监狱的可能性。采访分为三种类型：1)经历了人口结构变化而人均收入增加的社区；2)经历了人口结构变化而平均收入没有变化的社区；以及3)自1990年以来人口结构或平均收入几乎没有变化的社区。对来自这三类社区的以前被监禁的男子的采访将允许比较经历过不同程度和不同更替的社区的重返社会轨迹。这些采访被记录下来，逐字转录，然后进行编码，以评估采访中的共同主题。这一奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

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.