Proceedings from the Symposium on Alternatives to Incarceration
Publication year:
2008
| Cataloged on:
Nov. 07, 2008
ANNOTATION: Transcripts from the Symposium on Alternatives to Incarceration are available at this website. Topics discussed include: overview of alternative sentencing options in the state and federal systems; alternative sentencing -- rehabilitative and punitive models and evidence-based policy; restorative justice; prison programs resulting in reduced sentences; intensive supervision/electronic monitoring/GPS; drug courts/treatment options; practical approaches to supervision (non-incarceration alternatives); treatment for special needs; states' implementation of alternatives to incarceration; examining the evidence -- research and implementation of sentencing alternatives in the Federal System; Second Chance Act; focus on reentry; Federal Problem Solving Courts -- view from the practitioners; comparative law; intermediate sanctions; collateral consequences of convictions; and alternatives in the USSC Sentencing Guidelines.