Community Reintegration Trajectories: A Qualitative Comparative Study of Gang-Affiliated and Non-Gang-Affiliated Ex-Offenders

              Community Reintegration Trajectories: A Qualitative Comparative Study of
Gang-Affiliated and Non-Gang-Affiliated Ex-Offenders
FINAL REPORT
Submitted to the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority
Greg Scott, Ph.D.1
Principal Investigator
Assistant Professor
Department of Sociology
DePaul University
Jodie M. Dewey
Assistant Professor
Concordia University
Andrea Leverentz
Department of Sociology
University of Chicago
July 15, 2005
1 Please direct all correspondence to Greg Scott, Department of Sociology, DePaul University, 990 W. Fullerton
Ave., Ste. 1100, Chicago, IL 60614 (gscott@depaul.edu). The principal investigator would like to thank the
following people for their significant contributions to data collection, data analysis, and to the report itself: Ian
Dinsmor, DePaul University; Susan Agruss, Northwestern University; Kimberly Tyderek, DePaul University;
Brendan Dooley, University of Missouri—St. Louis.
This research was supported by Grant #00-DB-MU-0017 awarded by the Bureau of Justice Assistance, Office of
Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice, through the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority. Points of
view or opinions contained within this article are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the official
position or policies of the U.S. Department of Justice, or of the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority.