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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.

NIJ Journal Issue No. 252

Journal
National Institute of Justice Journal
Date Published
July 2005
Agencies
NIJ
Publication Type
Collected Work

NIJ Journal Issue No. 255

Journal
National Institute of Justice Journal
Date Published
November 2006
Agencies
NIJ
Publication Type
Collected Work