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Northeastern University
Corrections & Reentry Lab
CrimRxiv Consortium, Founding Member
Northeastern University’s Corrections & Reentry Lab (CRL) is based at the Center on Crime, Race, & Justice (CRJ) in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice. CRL partners with national nonprofit organizations and state and local justice agencies in the areas of institutional and community corrections. CRL’s core research focuses on the impacts of the institution on those who live and work in carceral institutions, and the impacts of correctional system involvement on an array of post-release outcomes for formerly incarcerated citizens. CRL’s research is intended to mitigate the negative effects of correctional system contact on individuals, their families, and broader communities. The Director of CRL is Natasha Frost.
Published: Oct 10, 2024
Correctional officers work a tough beat in law enforcement. Their job—keeping incarcerated persons and the public safe—involves working in a highly challenging environment with daily threats of physical, emotional, and mental harm. Suicide rates among correctional officers ...
Published: May 13, 2024
Suicide rates vary across occupational groups, with protective service occupations at elevated risk for suicide. Yet, research on correctional officer suicide remains sparse, as does research linking the broader social context to police officer suicides and correctional ...
Published: Mar 01, 2024
Decision makers such as employers and state occupational licensing officials are often encouraged or required to incorporate evidence of rehabilitation into hiring decisions when applicants have criminal records. Current policy movements at the local, state, and federal ...
Published: Feb 14, 2024
Prior research indicates that positive credentials, or documentation of prosocial accomplishments, can vary in strength and perceived value in mitigating aversions to hiring individuals with criminal records. In the current study, we examine why certain types of positive ...
Reducing Correction Officer Stress by Improving Prison Climate: The Importance of Support and Safety
Published: Sep 30, 2023
Prior research has identified the importance of social climate in psychiatric and correctional facilities. In studies of correctional officer stress, organizational measures are typically the strongest correlates. This article combines these research areas, examining the ...
Published: Jun 08, 2023
Correction officers work in an occupational context where they are often exposed to violence; however, prior research assessing the relationship between violence exposure and officers’ mental health has been limited. The current study sought to better understand the impact of ...
Published: Mar 27, 2023
Despite prior negative experiences with the law and licensure barriers, individuals with conviction histories are increasingly seeking entry into the legal profession. To understand their unique educational journeys from a joint stigma and legal consciousness perspective, we ...
Published: Mar 15, 2023
Suicide rates vary across occupational groups, with protective service occupations at elevated risk for suicide. Yet, research on correctional officer suicide remains sparse, as does research linking the broader social context to police officer suicides and correctional ...
Published: Sep 09, 2020
Awarded a National Institute of Justice (NIJ) grant in 2016 to conduct the first comprehensive mixed-methods study of suicide among correction officers, this study was launched in 2017 with the primary objective of developing a nuanced understanding of the context in which ...
Published: Apr 30, 2020
Between 2010 and 2015, at least 20 corrections officers working for the Massachusetts Department of Correction (MADOC) died by suicide. The average suicide rate for MADOC corrections officers over this period was approximately 105 per 100,000 –a rate that is at least seven ...
