RT Article
T1 Analyzing stakeholder perceptions of the Public Health Emergency Credit Act and decarceration during the COVID-19 pandemic
JF Journal of crime and justice
VO 48
IS 1
SP 113
OP 132
A1 Azari, Anthony M.
A1 Berryessa, Colleen M.
A2 Berryessa, Colleen M.
LA English
YR 2025
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1915603692
AB Drawing from semi-structured interviews, this paper examines the perspectives of 14 criminal justice stakeholders who were integral in creating and implementing the New Jersey Public Health Emergency Credits Act (2020). Stakeholders, including police administrators, corrections administrators, parole administrators, prison health administrators, and reentry service organization administrators, were interviewed. Stakeholders shared their viewpoints through three phases of the bill (pre-implementation, implementation, and post-implementation), highlighting their struggles with the lack of time and resources to support individuals upon their release, which later impacted their supervision capabilities. Implications suggest that future decarceration efforts may benefit from augmented planning and coordination.
K1 Legislation
K1 Qualitative methods
K1 Covid-19
K1 Decarceration
DO 10.1080/0735648X.2024.2335285