Recidivism is the act of a person repeating an undesirable behavior after they have experienced negative consequences of that behavior, or have been trained to extinguish that behavior.In the context of criminal justice, it refers to the percentage of former prisoners...

Every year, thousands of individuals are released from prison, with around 600,000 people reentering society annually in the U.S. alone. In Tennessee, the recidivism rate in 2021 was roughly 46%, indicating that almost half of all those released from jail or prison...

Restorative justice is a set of principles and practices that create a different approach to dealing with crime and its impacts. Instead of viewing a criminal act as simply a violation of a rule or statute, restorative justice sees this action as a violation of people...