Building an Offender Reentry Program

A Guide for law enforcement.

In an effort to determine the state of law enforcement’s participation in offender reentry initiatives,
the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) partnered with OJP’s Bureau
of Justice Assistance (BJA) to comprehensively examine law enforcement’s role in offender
reentry initiatives. IACP’s goal, through this project, is to increase law enforcement’s participation
in offender reentry through the provision of information, sharing of leading practices, and
development of products to promote public safety partnerships. The intended outcomes of
this effort--through increased law enforcement participation in reentry programs--are reduced
recidivism, victimization, and disorder while increasing officer safety.