Resettling ex-prisoners into the community has become an important issue and, in the words of Janet Reno, "one of the most pressing problems we face as a nation." In the US over 600,000 prisoners leave prison each year, or over 1,600 each day, and they are finding it more difficult than ever before to re-enter society successfully. At the same time parole violations have more than doubled since 1980. The recent re-entry problem is not only a product of the rapid increase in rates of incarceration, but a leading cause of this as well. Yet this issue has not been well served by the...