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Understanding California Corrections
Publication year:
2006
| Cataloged on:
Oct. 31, 2006
ANNOTATION: "This report summarizes existing data about California corrections in the hope that reform can be discussed on the basis of evidence rather than politics" (p. ix). Sections comprising this report are: executive summary; overview of concerns; governing California's prisons; escapes, suicides, homicides, assaults, and prison gangs; prison program needs versus treatment received; demographics of prisoners and criminal records; going home -- prison release and parole supervision; understanding California's recidivism; and concluding remarks.