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Sabol, William J.

Urban Institute (Washington, DC)

Published 1999?. 6 pages.

The rate of incarceration in U.S. prisons has greatly increased during the past 25 years. Sentencing reform that stipulated increased penalties for specific crimes has had a great influence upon rising prison populations. Tougher sentencing has had the following effects: a 200% increase in violent offender incarceration with a 9% reduction in violent offenses; a $1.5 billion a year cost to incarcerate drug offenders with no reduction in drug crimes; and a greater racial disparity manifest in the use of mandatory sentencing. Accession Number: 015836

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