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  • A New Approach to Reducing Incarceration While Maintaining Low Rates of Crime

    This paper does a great job in explaining how your criminal justice system can greatly reduce incarceration while ensuring community safety.

  • The Economic and Social Effects of Crime and Mass Incarceration in the United States

    "Crime and high rates of incarceration impose tremendous costs on society, with lasting negative effects on individuals, families, and communities.

  • Ten Economic Facts about Crime and Incarceration in the United States

    "Crime and high rates of incarceration impose tremendous costs on society, with lasting negative effects on individuals, families, and communities.

  • Think Before You Act: A New Approach to Preventing Youth Violence and Dropout

    This paper offers an innovative way to reduce the incarceration of juveniles in the United Sates based on randomized controlled trials in Chicago w