The MDRC Center for Criminal Justice Research conducts research and assesses reforms and practices in the criminal justice system. We aim to increase fairness, reduce unnecessary incarceration, support public safety, lessen inequities, and improve the lives of the people and communities affected by the criminal justice system.
The Center for Employment Opportunities Comprehensive Prisoner Reentry Program
Testing Strategies to Help Former Prisoners Find and Keep Jobs and Stay Out of Prison
A Review of State Employment Programs Created Through the TANF Emergency Fund
Final Results from the Evaluation of the Center for Employment Opportunities (CEO) Transitional Jobs Program
Final Report on Ohio’s Welfare Initiative to Improve School Attendance Among Teenage Parents
An Introduction to the Enhanced Services for the Hard-to-Employ Demonstration and Evaluation Project
42-Month Impacts from the Kansas and Missouri Sites of the Enhanced Services for the Hard-to-Employ Demonstration and Evaluation Project
What Have We Learned, What Are We Learning, and Where Should We Go from Here?
Testing Transitional Jobs and Pre-Employment Services in Philadelphia
Final Results from a Test of Transitional Jobs and Preemployment Services in Philadelphia
Eighteen-Month Impacts from the Kansas and Missouri Sites of the Enhanced Services for the Hard-to-Employ Demonstration and Evaluation Project
