This month’s member spotlight features Beth Skinner., Director of the Iowa Department of Corrections (IDOC). Dr. Beth Skinner was named the Director of the IDOC in June 2019. Director Skinner started her career as an intern with the Sixth Judicial District, Department of Correctional Services in Coralville, Iowa in 2002.
This month’s spotlighted member is Elizabeth Glazer, founder of Vital City.
As part of Second Chance Month activities, the Council on Criminal Justice’s Centering Justice initiative and a panel of experts examined how second chance policies are working in practice, what drives success and failure, and what it will take to sustain progress over time.
Using data from the Gallup Social Survey, this report examines how factors beyond crime itself, such as neighborhood characteristics, feelings of financial optimism, and political ideology, may influence perceptions and fear of crime.
