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  • 023442

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  • Published 2009.
  • 16 pages.

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Keywords

  • Cost Analysis
  • Evaluation Program
  • Release Procedures

Increased Earned Release From Prison: Impacts of a 2003 Law on Recidivism and Crime Costs, Revised. Rev [ed.]

Publication year: 2009 | Cataloged on: Dec. 18, 2008
ANNOTATION: The effects of increasing earned release time (similar to "good time") from 33% to 50% of an inmate's total sentence are assessed. Sections after a summary include: background -- earned release time and eligibility criteria for 50% level; evaluation design; recidivism findings; incapacitation effects; and cost-benefit analysis. It appears the law increases property crimes, reduces felony recidivism, and results in total savings of $15,359 per early released inmate.
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