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Less Prison, More Police, Less Crime: How Criminology Can Save the States from Bankruptcy

Event Dates
Event Duration
49:49
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Online

Professor Lawrence Sherman explains how policing can prevent far more crimes than prison per dollar spent. His analysis of the cost-effectiveness of prison compared to policing suggests that states can cut their total budgets for justice and reduce crime by reallocating their spending on crime: less prison, more police.

Date Created: January 1, 2014