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2011
San Francisco’s Locally Self-Reliant Incarceration Policies Are Saving State Taxpayers Hundreds of Millions of Dollars a Year
The impact of non-incarceration interventions utilized by San Francisco is examined. Findings from this study are provided for: incarceration rate as a percent of California’s total; comparison of San Francisco’s and California’s serious and violent ... Read More
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2011
Is Incarceration Still the Answer? The Impact of Current Policies & Possible Alternatives
Criminal justice policies based on the deterrence model are assessed and found lacking. Sections of this brief include: introduction; context and importance; incarceration rate in select countries; relationship between incarceration and crime rates; ... Read More
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2010
The Extravagance of Imprisonment Revisited
Cost savings associated with utilizing alternatives to incarceration for nonserious offenders are described. Sections following an executive summary are: introduction—incarceration trends, public support for alternatives, and a different approach; me... Read More
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2010
Predicting Post-Sentencing Re-Arrest
This study “identified case and defendant characteristics associated with a lower-than-average risk of re-arrest” (p.1). Three incarcerative sentence types are analyzed-- definite, indeterminate, and determinate. Offenders are either sentenced by New... Read More
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2009
Attitudes of US Voters toward Nonserious Offenders and Alternatives to Incarceration
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2009
Aspiring to the Impracticable: Alternatives to Incarceration in the Era of Mass Incarceration
The fact that “while ATI [alternatives-to-incarceration] programming holds promise as part of a criminal justice reform strategy, the full realization of this promise is thwarted by the structure and rules of the criminal justice system itself” is ex... Read More
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2008
Substance Abuse Treatment and Public Policy
The relationship between substance abuse treatment and the use of incarceration is investigated. Sections of this brief include: introduction (executive summary); increases in admissions to substance abuse treatment are associated with reductions in ... Read More
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2008
Proceedings from the Symposium on Alternatives to Incarceration
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 puniti... Read More
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1997 NIC Publication
Policy-Driven Responses to Probation and Parole Violations
The author describes the experiences of probation and parole agencies from across the country that worked with NIC on developing innovative approaches to probation and parole violations and revocations. The document identifies critical issues emergin... Read More
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