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Criminology faculty and students participate in Reentry Roundtable

Criminology faculty Chae Jaynes, PhD and Mateus Rennó Santos, PhD and graduate students Danielle Thomas and Katelyn Smith

Department of Criminology faculty Chae Jaynes, PhD and Mateus Rennó Santos, PhD, along with graduate students Danielle Thomas and Katelyn Smith, recently attended the Tampa Bay Reentry Roundtable at Pasco-Hernando State College. Participants discussed the unique aspects of reentry and ways to reduce recidivism with key stakeholders. The roundtable included leading administrators, researchers, local community and county leaders, as well as law enforcement professionals and former inmates. The U.S. government named April "Second Chance Month" to reassert the importance of assisting formerly incarcerated individuals reenter society.

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