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Effects of imprisonment

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

April 2010

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.

Beyond the Prison Bubble

Journal
NIJ Journal
Date Published
October 2011
Agencies
NIJ
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)

Families and Incarceration

Date Published
May 2002
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Thesis/Dissertation, Research (Applied/Empirical)