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NIJ Takes the RAP

NCJ Number
211758
Date Published
1998
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Report (Technical)

A Photo Finish(ed)

NCJ Number
211946
Date Published
2004
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Report (Technical)

Getting a 'TIP,' Making a 'Linc'

NCJ Number
211962
Date Published
2005
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Technical Assistance, Program/Project Description

State Responses to Mass Incarceration

June 2011

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.