Corrections costs
Implementation Evaluation of the First Incarceration Shock Treatment Program: A Boot Camp for Youthful Offenders in Kentucky, Final Report
Monetary Value of Saving a High-Risk Youth
Camera System Stems Prison Violence, Saves $$
Contingent Intermediate Sentences: New Jersey's Intensive Supervision Program
Opportunities and Challenges Abound as Prison Populations Decrease
Private Sector Prison Industries: A Summary of Findings
Work Release in Washington: Effects on Recidivism and Corrections Costs
Impact of Sex-Offender Community Notification on Probation/Parole in Wisconsin
Confine the Worst and Manage the Rest: Considering a Shift in Criminal Justice Spending
State Responses to Mass Incarceration
Researchers have devoted considerable attention to mass incarceration, specifically its magnitude, costs, and collateral consequences. In the face of economic constraints, strategies to reduce correctional populations while maintaining public safety are becoming a fiscal necessity. This panel will present strategies that states have undertaken to reduce incarceration rates while balancing taxpayer costs with ensuring public safety.
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Economical Crime Control: Perspectives from Both Sides of the Ledger
The surge in incarceration since 1980 has been fueled in part by the mistaken belief that the population can be divided neatly into "good guys" and "bad guys." In fact, crime rates are not determined by the number of at-large criminals, any more than farm production is determined by the number of farmers. Crime is a choice, a choice that is influenced by available opportunities as much as by character. This perspective, drawn from economic theory, supports a multi-faceted approach to crime control. Dr.
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An Examination of Justice Reinvestment and Its Impact on Two States
Funded in part by the Bureau of Justice Assistance and the Pew Center on the States, the justice reinvestment project is a data-driven strategy aimed at policymakers to "reduce spending on corrections, increase public safety and improve conditions in the neighborhoods to which most people released from prison return." Representatives from two states where the justice reinvestment strategy is currently being implemented will discuss how it is being used to reduce the rate of incarceration and how states can reinvest in local communities.
First Offender Prostitution Program - Interview at the National Institute of Justice
Economical Crime Control: Perspectives From Both Sides of the Ledger - Interview With Phillip J. Cook
Responding to Fiscal Challenges in State Correctional Systems: A National Study of Prison Closings and Alternative Strategies
Painting Correctional Institutions Green: How Using Green Technology Can Reduce Correctional Institution Costs
Consequences of a Prison Record for Employment: How Do Race, Ethnicity & Gender Factor In?
Scientific studies have long documented the negative impact of a prison record on a person's ability to find employment. But what is the impact when gender and race/ethnicity are factored in? Also, most jobs are now advertised online — so how does this affect the ability of former prisoners to find a job?
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