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Prosecutors Perspective

Journal
Prosecutors Perspective
Date Published
1997
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Report (Technical Assistance)

TECHBeat, June 2018

Date Published
June 2018
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Program/Project Description, Instructional Material

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.