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2012
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“In highlighting important legislative changes enacted in the past year, this report documents a new approach to reform … that aims to make more targeted use of incarceration and to reinvest the cost savings into community programs geared toward redu... Read More
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2012
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The use of authorities by the U.S. Bureau of Prisons (BOP), such as The Residential Drug Abuse Treatment Program (RDAP), community corrections, and good conduct time, to shorten a federal prisoner’s amount of time spent incarcerated is examined. Sect... Read More
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2010
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“During the forum, nine state teams comprised of members from the executive, legislative and judicial branches of government convened to identify and evaluate strategies to improve state sentencing and corrections policies to reduce corrections costs... Read More
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2009
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The need to reevaluate drug sentencing practices that can be replaced with sentencing alternatives that meet the same public safety concerns at better levels of effectiveness is explained. Six sections follow an executive summary: introduction; prev... Read More
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2009
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Strategies for simplifying New York State's sentencing process are explained. Eight parts follow an executive summary: criminal sentencing in New York State -- a historical overview; greater simplicity in sentencing; a measured approach to reforming... Read More
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2009
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The use of sentencing options for federal offenders is investigated. Topics covered include: background; federal sentencing policy; determining guideline sentence; the U.S. citizen effect; trends in sentence types; offense types; criminal history; s... Read More
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2008
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The juvenile-inclusive blended sentencing system (in which the "juvenile court imposes both juvenile and adult sanctions, typically suspending the adult sanction") as practiced in Ohio is investigated (p. 3). This report has these sections: introduc... Read More
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2008
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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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2007
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The reduction of recidivism by state judiciaries utilizing six principles of evidence-based practice (EBP) is explained. Seven sections follow an executive summary: introduction; current state sentencing policies and their consequences; drug courts ... Read More
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1992
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Two programs (Community Corrections and Intensive Probation Supervision) implemented by the Tennessee Department of Correction to divert some felony offenders from incarceration are evaluated. Findings indicate that about 50 percent of offenders sent... Read More
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1992
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With the goal of providing support and technical assistance to local jurisdictions, a national project on intermediate sanctions focused on key elements of an intergrated system of intermediate sanctions. This report reviews developments that arose d... Read More
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1992
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This report is based upon a reanalysis of survey data on residential communities corrections facilities and upon case studies of eight residential facilities. While examining the diversity of facilities in terms of population, organizational base, si... Read More
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1988
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Written for both administrators and board members, this paper reviews the different forms of advisory boards having private citizen presence to advise public officials on matters concerning adult community corrections. It focuses on the actual and po... Read More
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