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Janeen Buck Willison

Senior Justice Researcher

Education

MSJ, Law and Justice, American University
BA, Law and Society, Hood College

Janeen Buck Willison is an expert on prison and jail reentry and a member of the Corrections and Reentry Research Program in the Justice Practice Area. She serves as Associate Project Director for a National Institute of Justice (NIJ)-funded evaluation of the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) Reentry Programs. Her portfolio includes research, evaluation, and technical assistance projects on reentry, specialized courts, alternatives to incarceration, corrections and community supervision, juvenile justice, and criminal legal system responses to the opioid epidemic.  

Before joining RTI in 2022, Ms. Buck Willison was a Senior Fellow in the Justice Policy Center at the Urban Institute, where she conducted mixed methods studies and technical assistance initiatives for private foundations and federal, state, and local governments, in addition to leading the Institutional Review Board.

Expertise
  • Jail and Prison Reentry
  • Alternatives to Incarceration
  • Corrections and Community Supervision
  • Implementation and Program Evaluation

Publications

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Article

When pre-release optimism meets post-release reality: Understanding reentry success through a longitudinal framework assessing pre- and post-release perceptions

November 2023
Chapter

Key findings and implications of the cross-site evaluation of the Bureau of Justice Assistance FY 2011 Second Chance Act Adult Offender Reentry Demonstration Projects

November 2020
Chapter

Moving corrections and sentencing forward: Building on the record

November 2020
Chapter

Reflections on the multisite drug court evaluation: What did we learn and what does it mean?

January 2020

Related Capabilities

Focus Area

Justice Research and Policy
Focus Area

Crime and Corrections
Focus Area

Courts and Corrections Research
Focus Area

Corrections and Reentry
Focus Area

Prosecution and Defense Counsel
Solution

Evaluation, Assessment, and Analysis

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