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Drug Offenders and the Criminal Justice System: Will Proposition 36 Treat or Create Problems?
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Drug Offenders and the Criminal Justice System: Will Proposition 36 Treat or Create Problems?
Publication year:
2000
| Cataloged on:
Oct. 31, 2006
ANNOTATION: The potential effects of Proposition 36, "a post-conviction program that would divert eligible offenders from prisons, jails and non-treatment probation sentences to probation with terms of treatment," are analyzed. The following sections comprise this report: overview of Proposition 36; answering the key questions, such as number of eligible offenders, social costs and benefits, impact on treatment system, response of criminal justice system, and implementation discretion; summary; and recommendations if the proposition fails or passes.