Books

• Petersilia, Joan and James Q. Wilson (editors), Crime and Public Policy, Oxford University Press, forthcoming 2010.

• Petersilia, Joan, and Kevin Reitz (editors), The Oxford Handbook on Sentencing and Corrections, Oxford University Press, forthcoming 2010.

• Petersilia, Joan and Richard Rosenfeld (Panel Co-Chairs), Parole, Desistance from Crime, and Community Integration, Committee on Community Supervision and Desistance from Crime, National Research Council,August 2007.

• Petersilia, Joan, When Prisoners Come Home: Parole and Prisoner Reentry. Oxford University Press, New York New York, 2003. Paperback with new Afterword released in 2009.

• Petersilia, Joan and James Q. Wilson (editors), Crime: Public Policies For Crime Control. ICS Press, San Francisco, Ca., 2004.

• Petersilia, Joan, Reforming Probation and Parole, American Correctional Association, Lanham, Maryland, 2002.

• Petersilia, Joan (Chair), Crime Victims with Developmental Disabilities, National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences, Washington DC, January 2001.

• Petersilia, Joan and Michael Tonry (editors), Prisons, Vol. 26, Crime and Justice: A Review of Research, University of Chicago Press, 1999.

• Petersilia, Joan and Jodi Lane, Criminal Justice Policy, Edgar Publishers, London, England, 1998.

• Petersilia, Joan, Community Corrections: Probation, Parole, and Intermediate Sanctions, Oxford University Press, 1998.

• Petersilia, Joan and James Q. Wilson (editors) (1995). Crime, Institute for Contemporary Studies, San Francisco,  CA.

• Byrne, James, Arthur Lurigio, and Joan Petersilia (1992). Smart Sentencing: The Emergence of Intermediate Sanctions, Sage Publications, Newbury Park, CA.

• Greenwood, Peter, Jan Chaiken, and Joan Petersilia (1977). The Criminal Investigation Process, D. C. Heath, Lexington, MA.

Journal Articles

• Jeffrey Lin, Ryken Grattet, and Joan Petersilia, “Back-end Sentencing and Reimprisonment: Individual, Organizational, and Community Predictors of Parole Sanctioning Decisions,” Criminology, Vol 48 (3), pp. 759-796, August 2010.

• Petersilia, Joan and Robert Weisberg, “The Dangers of Pyrrhic Victories Against Mass Incarceration,” Daedelus 139 (3), pp. 124-133, Summer 2010.

• John Hipp, Susan Turner, and Joan Petersilia, “Parolee Recidivism in California: The Effect of Neighborhood Context and Social Service Agency Characteristics,” forthcoming in Criminology, 2010.

• Petersilia, Joan, Jeffrey Lin, and Ryken Grattet, “Supervision Regimes and Parolee Deviance: Official Reactions to Parole Violations in California,” submitted to Criminology 2010.

• Petersilia, Joan, “A Retrospective View of Corrections Reform in the Schwarzenegger Administration,” Federal Sentencing Reporter, 2010.

• Petersilia, Joan, Grattet, Lin, and Whitworth (2009), Assessing Parole Violations and Revocations in California: Finding Strategies for the Future, Perspectives, Summer, pp. 42-47.

• Petersilia, Joan, with Grattet, Lin, and Beckman (2009), “Parole Violations and Revocations in California: Analysis and Suggestions for Action,” Federal Probation, July, pp. 2-13.

• Petersilia, Joan (2008), “Influencing Public Policy: An Embedded Criminologist Reflects on California Prison Reform,” Journal of Experimental Criminology, Vol. 4, Issue 4, pp. 335-356. http://ucicorrections.seweb.uci.edu/pubs

• Petersilia, Joan (2008), “California’s Correctional Paradox of Excess and Deprivation,” In Michael Tonry, ed., Crime and Justice: A Review of Research, Vol. 37, pp. 207-278. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Rosenfeld, Richard, Joan Petersilia, and Christy Visher (2008), “The First Days After Release Can Make a Difference,” Corrections Today, June.

• Petersilia, Joan (2007), “Employ Behavioral Contracting for “Earned Discharge” Parole,” Criminology and Public Policy, Volume 6, Issue 4, pp. 807-814.

• Petersilia, Joan (2005), “Hard Time: Ex-Convicts Returning Home After Prison,” Corrections Today, American Correctional Association.

• Petersilia, Joan (2004), “What Works in Prisoner Reentry? Reviewing and Questioning the Evidence,” Federal Probation, September, pp. 4-9.

• Petersilia, Joan (2003), “Meeting the Challenges of Prisoner Reentry,” Journal of Community Corrections, Vol. XIII, No. 1, 4-26.
• reprinted in What Works and Why: Effective Approaches to Reentry, American Correctional Association, 2004.

• Petersilia, Joan (2001), “Prisoner Reentry: Public Safety and Reintegration Challenges,” The Prison Journal, Vol. 81, No. 3, September, 360-375.
• reprinted in: The Dilemmas of Corrections: Multidisciplinary Perspectives, edited by Haas and Alpert, Waveland Press, 2006, pp. 461-475.
• Petersilia, Joan (2001), “When Prisoners Return to the Community: Political, Economic, and Social Consequences, Corrections Management Quarterly, 2001, 5(3), 1-11.

• Petersilia, Joan (2001), Crime Victims with Developmental Disabilities: A Review Essay, Criminal Justice and Behavior, Vol. 28, No. 6, December, 655-694.

• Petersilia, Joan (with Jeremy Travis) (2001), “Reentry Reconsidered: A New Look at an Old Question,” Crime and Delinquency, July, Volume 47(3), 291-314.

• Petersilia, Joan (2001), “When Prisoners Return to Communities,” Federal Probation, June, 3-10.

• Petersilia, Joan (2001), “Doing Justice? Criminal Offenders with Developmental Disabilities,” Correctional Mental Health, Civic Research Institute, January, Vol. 2, No. 5: 65-80.

• Petersilia, Joan (2000), “Justice Denied: People with Developmental Disabilities in the Criminal Justice System,” in Perspectives on Disability (3rd edition), edited by Mark Nagler: California Press.

• Petersilia, Joan (2000), “Invisible Victims: Violence Against Persons with Developmental Disabilities,” Human Rights, American Bar Association, Chicago, Illinois, January.

• Petersilia, Joan (1999), “Parole and Prisoner Reentry in the United States” in Tonry and Petersilia (editors), Prisons: A Review of Research, Vol. 24, Crime and Justice, University of Chicago Press, Chicago Illinois, pgs. 479-531.
• Reprinted in Perspectives, Volume 24, No. 2 and No.3, 2000 (Part I and Part II).
• Petersilia, Joan (1997), “Probation in the United States,” Crime and Justice: A Review of Research, in M. Tonry (editor), University of Chicago Press, Vol. 22.
• reprinted in Perspectives, Volume 22, No. 2 and No. 3, 1998 (Part I and Part II).
• Petersilia, Joan (1997), “Justice for All? Offenders with Mental Retardation and the California Corrections System,” The Prison Journal, Vol. 77, No. 4: 355-380.
• reprinted in The Inmate Experience, Hemmens and Stohr (editors), Prentice Hall 2003.
• Petersilia, Joan (1997), “Unequal Justice? Offenders with Mental Retardation in Prison,” Corrections Management Quarterly, Vol. 1, Issue, 4: 35-45.

• Petersilia, Joan (1997), “Probation in the United States: Practices and Challenges,” National Institute of Justice Journal, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington DC.
• reprinted in The Dilemmas of Corrections: Contemporary Readings, Waveland Press (1998).
• reprinted in Annual Additions: Criminal Justice 1999, McGraw-Hill Publishers (1999).
• Petersilia, Joan (1997). “Diverting Non-Violent Prisoners to Intermediate Sanctions: The Impact on California Prison Admissions and Corrections Costs,” Corrections Management Quarterly, Vol. 1(1), pages 1-15.

• Also printed as: “Diverting Non-Violent Prisoners to Intermediate Sanctions: The Impact on Prison Admissions and Corrections Costs, “ California Policy Seminar final report, Sacramento, California.

• Petersilia, Joan (1996). “Defining and Measuring Recidivism,” Encyclopedia of American Prisons, Frank Williams III & Marilyn McShane (eds.), Garland Publishing Co., New York.

• Susan Turner and Joan Petersilia [1996], “Work Release in Washington: Effects on Recidivism and Corrections Costs,” The Prison Journal, Volume 76, No. 2, June, pages 138-164.
• reprinted in Correctional Contexts: Contemporary Readings, Roxbury Publishing Company, 2001.
• reprinted in Debating Crime, Wadsworth, 2001, pages 173-179.
• Elizabeth Deschenes, Susan and Joan Petersilia [1995], “A Dual Experiment in Intensive Community Supervision: Minnesota’s Prison Diversion and Enhanced Supervised Release Programs,” The Prison Journal, Vol. 75, No. 3., September, pages 330-356.

• Petersilia, Joan (1995), “ A Crime Control Rationale for Reinvesting in Community Corrections,” The Prison Journal; Vol.75, No.3, pp.479-504.
• reprinted in Community Corrections, Oxford University Press, 1998.
• reprinted in Spectrum: The Journal of State Government, Summer 1995, Vol., 68. No 3.
• reprinted in Perspectives, American Probation and Parole Association, Spring, 1996
• reprinted in The Criminologist, Vol. 20, No. 5, 1995.
• Corbett, Ronald and Joan Petersilia (1995) “A Review of Research for Correctional Practitioners,” Federal Probation, Vol. 59, No. 1.

• Petersilia, Joan (1994). “Debating Crime and Imprisonment in California,” Evaluation and Program Planning, Vol. 17, No. 2.

• Petersilia, Joan and Elizabeth Deschenes (1994). “Perceptions of Punishment: Inmates and Staff Rank the Severity of Prison versus Intermediate Sanctions,” The Prison Journal, Vol. 74, No. 3, pp. 306-328.

• Petersilia, Joan (1994). “What Punishes? Inmates Rank the Severity of Prison vs. Intermediate Sanctions.” Federal Probation, 58(1), pages 3-8.
• reprinted in Community Corrections, Oxford University Press, 1998.
• reprinted in Criminal Justice: Concepts and Issues, Roxbury Publishing, LA, CA, 1996.
• Petersilia, Joan (1993). “Defending the Practical Value of Criminological Research,” Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency.

• Petersilia, Joan, and Allan Abrahamse (1993). “The Los Angeles Riot of 1992: A Profile of Those Arrested,” Police Forum. Vol. 3, No.4.

• Petersilia, Joan (1993). “More Prisons Are Not the Answer,” Overcrowded Times. Vol. 4, No. 3, June.

• Petersilia, Joan, and Susan Turner (1993). “Evaluating Intensive Supervision Probation and Parole: Results of a Nationwide Experiment,” Research in Brief, National Institute of Justice, Washington, DC, May.
• reprinted in Understanding Social Science Research, edited by Alpert and MacDonald, Waveland Press, 2001.
• reprinted in Bridges, Weis and Crutchfield, Criminal Justice, Pine Forge Press, 1996.
• reprinted in The Dilemmas of Corrections: Contemporary Readings, edited by Haas and Alpert, Waveland Press, 1995.
• reprinted in Peter Kratcoski, Correctional Counseling and Treatment, Waveland Press, 1994.
• Turner, Susan, Joan Petersilia, and Elizabeth Piper Deschenes (1993). “Drug Testing in Community Corrections: Results of an Experimental Evaluation,” Journal of Probation and Parole, No. 20, Spring, pp. 13–20.

• Petersilia, Joan, and Susan Turner (1993). “Intensive Probation and Parole” in Michael Tonry (ed.), Crime and Justice: An Annual Review of Research, University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL., pp. 281-335.
• reprinted in Offender Rehabilitation: Effective Correctional Intervention, edited by Francis Cullen and Brandon Applegate, Ashgate Publishers, 2000.
• Petersilia, Joan (1992). “California’s Prison Policy: Causes, Costs, and Consequences,” The Prison Journal, Vol. 72, Nos. 1 and 2, 1992, pp. 8-36.
• reprinted in Offender Rehabilitation: Effective Correctional Intervention, edited by Francis Cullen and Brandon Applegate, Ashgate Publishers, 2000.
• Petersilia, Joan, Susan Turner, and Elizabeth Piper Deschenes (1992). “The Costs and Effects of Intensive Supervision for Drug Offenders,” Federal Probation, Vol. LVI, No. 4, December, pp. 12–17.

• Turner, Susan, Joan Petersilia, and Elizabeth Piper Deschenes (1992). “Evaluating Intensive Supervision Probation/Parole (ISP) for Drug Offenders,” Crime and Delinquency, Vol. 38, No. 4, October, pp. 539–556.

• Turner, Susan, and Joan Petersilia (1992). “Focusing on High-Risk Parolees: An Experiment To Reduce Commitments to the Texas Department of Corrections,” The Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, Vol. 29, No. 1, February, pp. 34–61.

• Petersilia, Joan, and Susan Turner (1991). “An Evaluation of Intensive Probation in California,” The Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology, Vol. 82, No. 3, Fall, pp. 610–658.

• Petersilia, Joan (1991). “Evaluating Alternative Sanctions: The Case of Intensive Supervision,” Federal Sentencing Reporter, Vol. 4, No. 1, July/August, pp. 30–33.

• Petersilia, Joan, and Susan Turner (1991). “Objectively Evaluating ISPs,” Corrections Today, Vol. 53, No. 3, June, pp. 24–28.

• Petersilia, Joan (1991). “The Value of Corrections Research: Learning What Works,” Federal Probation, Vol. LV, No. 2, June, pp. 24–26.

• Petersilia, Joan (1991). “Policy Relevance and the Future of Criminology,” Criminology, Vol. 29, No. 1, February, pp. 1–15.
• reprinted in Public Policy, Crime, and Criminal Justice by Barry Hancock and Paul Sharp, Prentice Hall, 2004.
• Reprinted in Contemporary Masters in Criminology, edited by Joan McCord and John Laub, Plenum Press, New York, 1995.
• Petersilia, Joan, Allan Abrahamse, and James Q. Wilson (1990). “The Relationship Between Police Practice, Community Characteristics, and Case Attrition,” Policing and Society, Vol. 1, pp. 23–38.

• Petersilia, Joan, Allan Abrahamse, and James Q. Wilson (1990). “A Summary of RAND’s Research on Police Performance, Community Characteristics, and Case Attrition,” Journal of Police Science and Administration, Vol. 17, No. 3, September, pp. 219–226.

• Petersilia, Joan (1990). “When Probation Becomes More Dreaded Than Prison,” Federal Probation, Vol. LIV, No. 1, March, pp. 23–27.
• reprinted in The Dilemmas of Corrections: Contemporary Readings, edited by Haas and Alpert, Waveland Press, 1995.
• Klein, Stephen, Joan Petersilia, and Susan Turner (1990). “Race and Imprisonment Decisions in California,” Science, Volume 247, February 16, pp. 812–816.

• Petersilia, Joan (1990). “Conditions That Permit Intensive Supervision Programs To Survive,” Crime & Delinquency, Vol. 36, No. 1, January, pp. 126–145.

• Petersilia, Joan, and Susan Turner (1990). “Comparing Intensive and Regular Supervision for High-Risk Probationers: Early Results from an Experiment in California,” Crime & Delinquency, Vol. 36, No. 1, January, pp. 87–111.

• Petersilia, Joan (1989). “Implementing Randomized Experiments: Lessons from BJA’s Intensive Supervision Project,” Evaluation Review, Vol. 13, No. 5, October, pp. 435–458.

• Petersilia, Joan (1989). “Overcrowded Prisons Demand Alternative Sentencing,” GAO Journal, Fall.

• Petersilia, Joan, and Susan Turner (1989). “Reducing Prison Admissions: The Potential of Intermediate Sanctions,” The Journal of State Government, Vol. 62, No. 2, March/April, pp. 65–69.

• Petersilia, Joan (1985). “Racial Disparities in the Criminal Justice System: A Summary,” Crime & Delinquency, Vol. 31, No. 1, January, pp. 15–34.

• Petersilia, Joan (1985). “Granting Felons Probation: Public Risks and Alternatives,” Crime & Delinquency, Vol. 3l, pp. 379-392.

• Petersilia, Joan (1981). “The Career Criminal Concept,” Corrections Today, May-June.

• Petersilia, Joan (1981). “Juvenile Record Use in Adult Court Proceedings: A Survey of Prosecutors,” The Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology, Vol. 72, No. 4.

• Petersilia, Joan (1980). “Which Inmates Participate in Prison Treatment Programs?” The Journal of Offender Counseling, Services, and Rehabilitation, Vol. 4, No. 2.

• Petersilia, Joan (1978). “Mandatory Prison Sentences: Their Projected Effects on Crime and Prison Populations,” The Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology, Vol. 69, No. 4.

• Petersilia, Joan (1978). “Criminal Careers of Habitual Felons,” Correctional News, Vol. 32, No. 7, August.

• Petersilia, Joan (1978). Career Criminal Prosecution: An Idea Whose Time Has Come,” Prosecutors Brief, July- August.

• Petersilia, Joan (1978). “Processing Latent Fingerprints: What Are the Payoffs?,” Journal of Police Science and Administration, Vol. 6, No. 2, June.

• Petersilia, Joan (1977). “New Directions for Identifying, Sentencing, and Treating the Repetitively Violent Offender,” California Youth Authority Quarterly, April.

• Greenwood, Peter, and Joan Petersilia (1977). “The Criminal Investigation Process: A Summary Report,” Policy Analysis, Spring.

• Greenwood, Peter, and Joan Petersilia (1976). “A Response to an Evaluation of The RAND Corporation’s Analysis of the Criminal Investigation Process,” The Police Chief, December.

Book Chapters

• Petersilia, Joan (and Susan Turner) (forthcoming 2010), “Implementing rehabilitation principles to promote prisoner re-entry,” in Applying Social Science to Reduce Violent Offender, edited by Joel Dvoskin, Jennifer Skeem, Ray Novaco, and Kevin Douglas, Oxford University Press.

• Petersilia, Joan (forthcoming 2010), “Parole and Prisoner Reentry,” Oxford Handbook on Crime and Criminal Justice, editor Michael Tonry.

• Petersilia, Joan (2005), “From Cell To Society: Who’s Coming Home?” Prisoner Reentry and Public Safety in America, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, p. 15-49.

• Petersilia, Joan (2005), “Parole,” Encyclopedia of Prisons and Correctional Facilities, Sage Publications, Thousand Oaks, CA, pgs. 675-683. editor Mary Bosworth.

• Petersilia, Joan (2002), “Community Corrections,” Crime: Public Policies for Crime Control, ICS Press, in Wilson and Petersilia (editors), pgs. 483-508.

• Petersilia, Joan (2001) “Sentencing Alternatives,” Encyclopedia of Crime and Justice, Macmillan Publishing Company, New York, NY.

• Petersilia, Joan (with Michael Tonry), (1999) “American Prisons at the Beginning of the Twenty-First Century,” in Tonry and Petersilia (editors), Prisons: A Review of Research, Vol. 26, Crime and Justice, University of Chicago Press, Chicago Illinois, pgs. 1-17.

• Petersilia, Joan (1999), “Diverting Prisoners to Intermediate Sanctions: The Impact on Prison Admissions and Corrections Costs” in Minimizing Harm: A New Crime Policy for Modern America, edited by Edward Rubin, Westview Press, Boulder, Colorado.

• Petersilia, Joan (1998), “Understanding Probation and Parole: Theory and Practice,” Oxford Criminology Handbook, edited by M. Tonry, Oxford University Press.

• Deschenes, Elizabeth, Susan Turner, and Joan Petersilia (1997), “Diverting Offenders from Prison: An Evaluation of Minnesota’s Intensive Community Supervision Program, in Correctional Contexts: Contemporary and Classical Readings, edited by James Marquart and Jonathan Sorensen, Roxbury Publishing, Los Angeles, California, pp.374-385.

• Petersilia, Joan (1996), “Improving Corrections Policy: The Importance of Researchers and Practitioners Working Together,” in Harland (editor), Choosing Correctional Options That Work: Defining the Demand and Evaluating the Supply, Sage Publications, Newbury Park, California.

• Alfred Blumstein and Joan Petersilia (1995), “Investing in Criminal Justice Research,” in Crime, James Q. Wilson and Joan Petersilia (editors), Institute for Contemporary Studies, San Francisco, California.

• Petersilia, Joan (1994). “The Los Angeles Riots of 1992: A Profile of Those Arrested” in Mark Baldassare (ed.), The Los Angeles Riots: Lessons for the Urban Future, Westview Press, Boulder, Colorado.

• Petersilia, Joan (1994). “Violent Crime, Violent Criminals: The Justice System’s Response” in Mark Costanzo and Stuart Oskamp (eds.), Violence and the Law, Sage Publications, Newbury Park, CA.

• Turner, Susan, Joan Petersilia, and Elizabeth Piper Deschenes (1994). “The Implementation and Effectiveness of Drug Testing in Community Supervision: Results of an Experimental Evaluation” in D. MacKenzie and C. Uchida, Drugs and the Criminal Justice System: Evaluating Public Policy Initiatives, Sage Publications, Newbury Park, CA.

• Petersilia, Joan (1993). "Performance measures for Community Corrections," in Performance Measures for the Criminal Justice System, Bureau of Justice Statistics, Department of Justice, Washington, DC.

• Petersilia, Joan (1993). “The Influence of Research on Policing” in Roger G. Dunham and Geoffrey P. Alpert, Critical Issues in Policing, Waveland Press, Inc., Prospect Heights, IL.

• Petersilia, Joan (1992). “Crime and Punishment in California: Full Cells, Empty Pockets, and Questionable Benefits” in James Steinberg, David Lyon, and Mary Vaiana (eds.), Urban America: Policy Choices for Los Angeles and the Nation, RAND, Santa Monica, CA. Reprinted by the California Policy Seminar as a CPS

• Lurigio, Arthur, and Joan Petersilia (1992). “The Emergence of Intensive Probation Supervision (IPS) Programs in the United States,” in J. Byrne, A. Lurigio, and J. Petersilia, Smart Sentencing: The Emergence of Intermediate Sanctions, Sage Publications, Newbury Park, CA.

• Petersilia, Joan, Susan Turner, and Elizabeth Piper Deschenes (1992). “Intensive Supervision Programs for Drug Offenders,” in J. Byrne, A. Lurigio, and J. Petersilia, Smart Sentencing: The Emergence of Intermediate Sanctions, Sage Publications, Newbury Park, CA.

• Petersilia, Joan (1992). “Community Supervision: Trends and Critical Issues” in Thomas Ellsworth (ed.), Contemporary Community Corrections, Waveland Press, Prospect Heights, IL.

• Petersilia, Joan (1992). “Probation and Felony Offenders,” in Thomas Ellsworth (ed.), Contemporary Community Corrections, Waveland Press, Prospect Heights, IL.

• Petersilia, Joan (1992). “Probation and Felony Offenders” in Travis, Schwartz, and Clear, Corrections: An Issues Approach, Third Edition, Anderson Publishing Company, Cincinnati.

• Petersilia, Joan (1990). “What Is House Arrest and Why Is It So Popular?” in Correctional Issues: Intermediate Punishment, American Correctional Association, Laurel, Maryland.

• Petersilia, Joan (1989). “Criminals and Alternatives to Prison,” in David L. Bender and Bruno Leone, Crime andCriminals, Greenhaven Press, San Diego, CA.

• Petersilia, Joan (1988). “Issues in Probation Reform,” in Joseph Scott and Travis Hirschi (eds.), Controversial Issues in Crime and Justice, Sage Publications, Beverly Hills, CA.

• Petersilia, Joan (1988). “Community Supervision,” in J. Kaplan and J. Skolnick (eds.), Criminal Justice: Introductory Cases and Materials, Foundation Press, Westbury, NY.

• Petersilia, Joan, and Susan Turner (1987). “Guideline-Based Justice: Prediction and Racial Minorities,” in Don Gottfredson and Michael Tonry (eds.), Prediction and Classification, Criminal Justice Decision Making, University of Chicago Press, Chicago.

• Petersilia, Joan (1987). “Georgia’s Intensive Probation: Will The Model Work Elsewhere?” in Belinda McCarthy (ed.), Intermediate Punishments: Intensive Supervision, Home Confinement, and Electronic Monitoring, Criminal Justice Press, Monsey, New York.

• Petersilia, Joan (1985). “Probation Can Work,” in David Bender and Bruno Leone (eds.), America’s Prisons, Opposing Viewpoints, Greenhaven Press, St. Paul MN.

• Petersilia, Joan (1984). “Racial Disparities in Criminal Justice: Summary of RAND Study,” in Daniel Georges- Abeyie (ed.), The Criminal Justice System and Blacks, Clark Boardman Company Ltd.

• Petersilia, Joan (1982). “The Career Criminal Concept: Its Applicability to Prison Management,” in Classification as a Management Tool: Theories and Models for Decision-Makers, The American Correctional Association.

• Petersilia, Joan (1980). “Criminal Career Research: A Review of Recent Evidence,” in Norval Morris and Michael Tonry (eds.), Crime and Justice: Annual Review of Research, Vol. II, University of Chicago Press, Chicago.

• Petersilia, Joan (1978). “Developing Programs for the Habitual Offender: New Directions in Research,” in James A. Inciardi (ed.), Issues in Contemporary Corrections: Social Control and Conflict, Sage Publications.

• Petersilia, Joan (1978). “The Validity of Criminality Data Derived from Personal Interviews,” in Charles F. Wellford (ed.), Quantitative Studies in Criminology, Sage Publications, Newbury Park, CA.

• Greenwood, Peter, Jan Chaiken, and Joan Petersilia (1978). “How Police Solve Crimes,” in Johnston and Savitz (eds.), Justice and Corrections, John Wiley & Sons, New York, NY.

• Greenwood, Peter, and Joan Petersilia (1975). “The Criminal Investigation Process: Summary and Policy Recommendations,” RAND, R-1776-DOJ, Santa Monica, California.
• reprinted in Baley, David H.(1998), What Works in Policing, Oxford University Press, New York, New York.

Government Reports

• Grattet, Ryken, Joan Petersilia, and Jeffrey Lin, Parole Violations and Revocations in California, National Institute of Justice, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. October 2008.

• Petersilia, Joan and Commissioners, Blue Ribbon Commission on Jail Overcrowding: Final Report and Recommendations. County of Santa Barbara, CA. 2008.

• Petersilia, Joan (Chair), Meeting the Challenges of Rehabilitation in California’s Prison and Parole System: A Report from the Governor’s Rehabilitation Strike Team, December 2007, Governor’s Office of Policy and Planning, Sacramento, CA.

• Petersilia, Joan and Marisela Montes (Co-Chair), Expert Panel on Adult Offender and Recidivism Reduction Programming: Report to the California Legislature, June 2007, Sacramento, CA. www.cdcr.ca.gov

• Petersilia, Joan, Understanding California Corrections, California Policy Research Center, Berkeley, California, June 2006. http://www.ucop.edu/cprc/documents/understand_ca_corrections.pdf

• Petersilia, Joan, Understanding California Corrections: CPRC Brief, Berkeley, California: California Policy Research Center. June 2006. http://www.ucop.edu/cprc

• Backer, Guerra, Hesselbein, Lasker and Petersilia. Blueprint for building evidence-based community partnerships in corrections. Briefing paper prepared for the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, 2005.http://www.humaninteract.org/images/cdcr-blueprint.pdf

• Petersilia, Joan (with Susan Turner, Amber Schroeder, Terry Fain, and Jodi Lane), Evaluation of the South Oxnard Challenge Project, 1997-2001, RAND, PM-1255-VC, September 2001.

• Petersilia, Joan (with Susan Turner, Amber Schroeder, Terry Fain, and Jodi Lane), South Oxnard Challenge Project, 1997-2000, RAND, CP-379, December 2000.

• Petersilia, Joan, Doing Justice? Criminal Offenders with Developmental Disabilities, Detailed Research Findings, California Policy Research Center, University of California, August 2000. Also on: http://www.ucop.edu/cprc/publist.html#CRIMINAL

• Petersilia, Joan, Doing Justice? Criminal Offenders with Developmental Disabilities, CPRC Brief, Vol. 12, No. 4, August 2000.
• reprinted in Mental Health Report, Civic Research Institute, Inc. Kingston NJ, Vol. 2, No. 3, 2000.
• Petersilia, Joan, When Prisoners Return to the Community: Political, Economic, and Social Consequences, National Institute of Justice, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington DC, October 2000.

• Petersilia, Joan, Challenges of Prisoner Reentry and Parole in California, California Policy Research Center, University of California, Vol. 12, No. 3, June 2000. Also on: http://www.ucop.edu/cprc/parole.htm

• Petersilia, Joan, Susan Turner and Terry Fain, “Profiling Inmates in the Los Angeles County Jail: Risks, Recidivism, and Release Options, RAND, Santa Monica, CA, DRU-2394-NIJ, September 2000.

• Turner, Susan, Jodi Lane, Joan Petersilia, and Terry Fain, “South Oxnard Challenge Project: 1997-1998 Report,” RAND, CP-379, 1999.

• Petersilia, Joan, “A Decade of Experimenting with Intermediate Sanctions: What Have We Learned?”

• Perspectives on Crime and Justice-1997-1998 Lecture Series, National Institute of Justice, Washington, D.C., Volume II, 1998 (also on videotape).
• reprinted in Criminal Justice: Annual Editions 2000-2001, McGraw Hill, 2000.
• reprinted in Corrections Management Quarterly, Volume 3, Issue 3, 1999.
• reprinted in Justice Research and Policy, Volume 1, Number 1, Spring 1999.
• reprinted in Federal Probation, Volume LXII, December, 1998, Number 2.
• Turner, Susan and Joan Petersilia, “Work Release: Recidivism and Corrections Costs in Washington State,” Research in Brief, National Institute of Justice, NCJ 163706, Washington DC, October 1996.

• Joan Petersilia and Susan Turner, with Los Angeles County Sheriff’s and Probation Departments, The Management of Criminal Offenders in Los Angeles County, California, 1996. .

• Joan Petersilia and Susan Turner (1996), “Day Fines in Four U.S. Jurisdictions,” RAND Corporation, DRU-1153- NIJ, Santa Monica, CA.

• Joan Petersilia and John DiIulio, Crime Policies for the Twenty-First Century: Ten Points of Consensus, The Brookings Institution, Washington DC, 1996.

• Petersilia, Joan, Jodi Lane, and Mathilee Pathak, Crime: Instructors Manual, Institute for Contemporary Studies, San Francisco, CA., 1995.

• Turner, Susan, and Joan Petersilia (1994), “Work Release in the State of Washington: Assessing Implementation and Impact on Offender Integration,” RAND Corporation, DRU-767-NIJ, Santa Monica, CA.

• Alfred Blumstein and Petersilia, Joan (1994). Twenty-Five Years of NIJ and It’s Research Program. National Institute of Justice, U.S. Department of Justice.

• Petersilia, Joan, and Susan Turner (1990). Intensive Supervision Probation for High-Risk Offenders: Findings from Three California Experiments, R-3936-NIJ/BJA, The RAND Corporation.

• Petersilia, Joan, and Susan Turner (1990). Diverting Prisoners To Intensive Probation: Results of an Experiment in Oregon, N-3186-NIJ, The RAND Corporation.

• Greenwood, Peter W., Joan Petersilia, C. Peter Rydell, and Susan Turner (1989). The RAND Intermediate Sanction Cost Estimation Model, N-2983-EMC/RC, The RAND Corporation.

• Klein, Stephen, Susan Turner, and Joan Petersilia (1988). Racial Equity in Sentencing, R-3599-RC, The RAND Corporation.

• Petersilia, Joan (1988). House Arrest, National Institute of Justice, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington D.C. reprinted in American Justice (1990), edited by Siegel, West Publishing Company.

• Petersilia, Joan (1987). Expanding Options for Criminal Sentencing, R-3544-EMC, The RAND Corporation.

• Petersilia, Joan, Allan Abrahamse, and James Q. Wilson (1987). Police Performance and Case Attrition, R-3515- NIJ, The RAND Corporation.

• Petersilia, Joan (1987). The Influence of Criminal Justice Research, R-3516-NIJ, The RAND Corporation.

• Petersilia, Joan, and Susan Turner (1986). Prison versus Probation in California: Implications for Crime and Offender Recidivism, R-3323-NIJ, The RAND Corporation.

• Petersilia, Joan, and Susan Turner (1985). Guideline-Based Justice: The Implications for Racial Minorities, R- 3306-NIC, The RAND Corporation.

• Petersilia, Joan, Susan Turner, James Kahan, and Joyce Peterson (1985). Granting Felons Probation: Public Risks and Alternatives, R-3186-NIJ, The RAND Corporation.

• Petersilia, Joan (1985). Racial Disparities in the Criminal Justice System, Crime and Delinquency, Vol. 3, No.1, pp. 15-34.
• reprinted in Public Policy, Crime and Criminal Justice (2003) Hancock and Sharp (editors), Prentice Hall.
• Ellickson, Phyllis and Joan Petersilia (1983). Implementing New Ideas in Criminal Justice, R-2929-NIJ, The RAND Corporation.

• Greenwood, Peter, Joan Petersilia, and Frank Zimring (1980). Age, Crime and Sanctions: The Transition from Juvenile to Adult Court, R-2642-DOJ, The RAND Corporation.

• Petersilia, Joan, and Paul Honig (1980). The Prison Experience of Career Criminals, R-2511-DOJ, The RAND Corporation.

• Petersilia, Joan, Peter Greenwood, and Marvin Lavin (1977). Criminal Careers of Habitual Felons, R-2144-DOJ, The RAND Corporation; also published as GPO document, July 1978.

• Greenwood, Peter, Jan Chaiken, Joan Petersilia, et al. (1975). The Criminal Investigation Process: Observations and Analysis, R-1778-DOJ, The RAND Corporation.

• Greenwood, Peter, and Joan Petersilia (1975). The Criminal Investigation Process: Summary and Policy Implications, R-1776-DOJ, The RAND Corporation.

• Petersilia, Joan (1985). Summarizing RAND’s Study of Adult Felony Probation, P-7058–1, The RAND Corporation.

• Petersilia, Joan (1981). Report of the Task Force on Incarcerated Minorities, compiled by Task Force members, published by California Health and Welfare Agency.

• Petersilia, Joan (1980). Correctional Aspects of the Career Criminal Program, P-6543, The RAND Corporation.

• Petersilia, Joan (1978). Criminal Careers of Habitual Felons, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington D.C.

• Petersilia, Joan, and Marvin Lavin (1978). Targeting Career Criminals: A Developing Criminal Justice Strategy, P-6173, The RAND Corporation.

• Petersilia, Joan (1978). A Systemwide Approach to the Career Criminal, The RAND Corporation.

• Greenwood, Peter, Jan Chaiken, Joan Petersilia, and Mark Peterson (l978). The RAND Habitual Offender Project: A Summary of Research Findings to Date, P-5957, The RAND Corporation.

• Petersilia, Joan (1977). The Criminal Investigation Process: A Dialogue on Research Findings, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC.

• Petersilia, Joan (1976). An Inquiry into the Relationship Between Thoroughness of Investigation and Case Disposition, P-5576-DOJ, The RAND Corporation.

• Seiter, Richard, Petersilia, Joan, and Allen, Harry (1974). Evaluation of adult halfway houses in Ohio. Columbus: Ohio State University, Program for the Study of Crime and Delinquency.

Book Reviews and Editorials

• Petersilia, Joan and Robert Weisberg (2009), “California Prisons: The Cost of Ignorance,” Stanford Lawyer, Vol. 81.

• Petersilia, Joan (2007), “Parole, the right way,” Los Angeles Times, Opinion Section, October 8.

• Petersilia, Joan and Robert Weisberg (2006), “Why rush to build more prisons when other options cost less?” Special to The Sacramento Bee, July 23.

• Petersilia, Joan and Robert Weisberg (2006), “Parole in California: It’s a Crime,” Los Angeles Times, Opinion Section, April 23.

• Petersilia, Joan (2005), “Prisons can be cages or schools,” Los Angeles Times, Opinion Section, October 16, 2005.

• Petersilia, Joan (2004), “Addressing California’s Parole Crisis,” Orange County Register, Opinion Section,

• Petersilia, Joan (2004), “Foreword” to Corrections in America (10/e), Allen, Simonsen, and Latessa, Prentice Hall.

• Petersilia, Joan (2003), “Prisoner Reentry and Criminological Knowledge,” The Criminologist, The American Society of Criminology, March.

• Petersilia, Joan (1998), “Victims of Crime: Why Persons with MR/DD Are At Greater Risk,” Equal Justice, Institute on Disabilities, Philadelphia, PA. March.

• Susan Turner and Joan Petersilia (1996) “Washington’s Work-Release Program Shown Effective,” Overcrowded Times, Vol. 7, No.

• Petersilia, Joan, “Foreword” to Schmalleger’s Criminal Justice Today, Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 1996 and 2000.

• Petersilia, Joan, “Foreword” to Schmalleger’s Criminology Today, Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 1996, 2002.

• Petersilia, Joan [1995], “How California Could Divert Nonviolent Prisoners to Intermediate Sanctions,” Overcrowded Times, Vol. 6, No. 3.

• Petersilia, Joan, and Peter Reuter (1992). “Break the Addiction to Punishment,” Los Angeles Times, Opinion Section, December 14, 1992.

• Petersilia, Joan (1992). “Building More Prison Cells Won’t Make a Safer Society,” Los Angeles Times, October 4, 1992, p. M6;
• reprinted in Corrections Today, Vol. 54, No. 8, December, pp. 168–170.
• reprinted in Overcrowded Times, Vol.4, No. 3, June 1993.
• Petersilia, Joan (1988). “Alternatives to Prison: Cutting Costs—and Crime,” Los Angeles Times, January 31, Opinion Section.

• Petersilia, Joan (1987). “Criminal Justice Research at RAND,” The Criminologist, Vol. 12, No. 2, April-May.

• Petersilia, Joan (1987). “Blacks in Prison: It’s Not Racism,” The Chicago Tribune, July 6, Opinion Section.

• Petersilia, Joan (1985). “The Probation Time Bomb,” The Los Angeles Times, February 3, Opinion Section.
• reprinted in America’s Prisons (1985), Bender and Leone (editors), Greenhaven Press.
• Petersilia, Joan (1985). A review of “Reactions to Crime: the Public, the Police, Courts, and Prisons,” in David P. Farrington and John Gunn (eds.), Contemporary Sociology.

• Petersilia, Joan (1983). A review of “Careers of the Violent,” by Miller, Dinitz, and Conrad, Crime & Delinquency, Vol. 29, No. 3, pp. 475–478.

• Petersilia, Joan (1983). “Judges Need to Overrule Their Biases,” Los Angeles Times, July 8, Opinion Section. Petersilia, Joan (1978). A review of “Prisoner Subcultures” by Lee Bowker, Journal of Criminal Law andCriminology, Vol. 69, No. 2.

Writings on Petersilia’s Contributions

• Lane, Jodi (2006), “Joan Petersilia: A Life of Policy-Relevant Research,” Women & Criminal Justice, Haworth Press, Inc.

• Petersen, Rebecca (2006), “The Female Presidents of the American Society of Criminology,” Feminist Criminology, Vol. 1, No. 2, 147-168.

• Cullen, Francis T. (2005), “The Twelve People Who Saved Rehabilitation: How the Science of Criminology Made A Difference,” The American Society of Criminology Presidential Address, Criminology, Volume 43, No 1, pp. 1-42.

• Warren, Jenifer (2005), “Profile of Joan Petersilia: Ailing Prison System Finds Friend in Criminologist,” Los Angeles Times, May 16:B2.