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Corrections Standards

Cause for Alarm

NCJ Number
211861
Date Published
2001
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Program/Project Description
PDF

Interoperability AGILE-ity

NCJ Number
211903
Date Published
2002
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Program/Project Description
PDF

New at NIST

NCJ Number
211904
Date Published
2002
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Report (Technical)
PDF

OLETC: What's New

NCJ Number
216021
Date Published
June 2006
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Issue Overview
PDF

Alternative Sentencing Policies for Drug Offenders

June 2009

The panel presentations from the 2009 NIJ Conference are based on an NIJ-sponsored evaluation of the effectiveness of Kansas Senate Bill 123, which mandates community-based drug abuse treatment for drug possession by nonviolent offenders in lieu of prison. 

Transcript
Alternative Sentencing Policies for Drug Offenders
Audio file
1 of 5: Alternative Sentencing Policies for Drug Offenders, Linda Truitt, National Institute of Justice , 2 of 5: Alternative Sentencing Policies for Drug Offenders, Roger Werholtz, Secretary of Corrections, Kansas Department of Corrections , 3 of 5: Alternative Sentencing Policies for Drug Offenders, Don Stemen, Assistant Professor, Department of Criminal Justice, Loyola University Chicago , 4 of 5: Alternative Sentencing Policies for Drug Offenders, Andres F. Rengifo, Assistant Professor, Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice, University of Missouri-St. Louis , 5 of 5: Alternative Sentencing Policies for Drug Offenders, Question and Answer Session