Downsizing prisons: how to reduce crime and end mass incarceration

by Jacobson, Michael

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The author suggests that the prison system needs a massive overhaul. Given the dire budget shortfalls facing most states, they no longer have the revenue to continue prison expansion while simultaneously supporting education, health care, and lower taxes. The book examines specific ways that states have begun to transform their prison systems, and offers practical policy solutions and strategies, including: changing how parole and probation agencies operate; significantly reducing punitive sent…

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Title Statements

  • Full title :Downsizing prisons : how to reduce crime and end mass incarceration / Michael Jacobson.

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The author suggests that the prison system needs a massive overhaul. Given the dire budget shortfalls facing most states, they no longer have the revenue to continue prison expansion while simultaneously supporting education, health care, and lower taxes. The book examines specific ways that states have begun to transform their prison systems, and offers practical policy solutions and strategies, including: changing how parole and probation agencies operate; significantly reducing punitive sentencing and "technical" parole violations; and supporting drug-treatment programs for low-level drug offenders.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:©2005.

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Titre de l'écran-titre (visionné le 8 août 2011).

TRAITEMENT SOMMAIRE.

The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource

Edition Identifiers

  • oclc:ocn748855360
  • LC Classification:HV9471
  • Dewey Decimal:364.6/0973

Table of Contents

Introduction : bloated prisons -- Mass incarceration -- Unintended consequences -- A new reality for prison systems -- Why prison growth does not reduce crime -- Why parole and probation policies need to change -- Success stories -- Downsizing prisons.

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Subjects

Alternatives to imprisonment Alternatives to imprisonment -- United … Criminals -- Rehabilitation Criminals -- Rehabilitation -- United S… Emprisonnement -- Alternative -- États-… Libération conditionnelle -- États-Unis Livres électroniques Parole Parole -- United States Prisons Prisons -- États-Unis Prisons -- United States Probation Probation -- United States Probation (Droit) -- États-Unis Réhabilitation -- États-Unis United States

Writers

Jacobson, Michael

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