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2011
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San Francisco’s Locally Self-Reliant Incarceration Policies Are Saving State Taxpayers Hundreds of Millions of Dollars a Year
By Males, Mike.
Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice (CJCJ) (San Francisco, CA).
The impact of non-incarceration interventions utilized by San Francisco is examined. Findings from this study are provided for: incarceration rate as a percent of California’s total; comparison of San Francisco’s and California’s serious and violent crime rates; imprisonment rates for San Francisco and California; savings based on correctional populations; savings based on felony arrests; savings in long-term “Three Strikes” liabilities; and conclusion. “The city’s larger than average decline i... Read More
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4 pages
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2011
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Is Incarceration Still the Answer? The Impact of Current Policies & Possible Alternatives
By Arment, Christian.
University of Missouri. Harry S Truman School of Public Affairs. Institute of Public Policy (Columbia, MO).
Criminal justice policies based on the deterrence model are assessed and found lacking. Sections of this brief include: introduction; context and importance; incarceration rate in select countries; relationship between incarceration and crime rates; budgetary indications; state budget increases (1988-2008); social impact; policy alternatives—send fewer people to prison and/or improve and expand reentry services; range of community solutions; recidivism rates for “Pathway to Change” participants;... Read More
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10 pages
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2010
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The Extravagance of Imprisonment Revisited
By Vuong, Linh; Hartney, Christopher; Krisberg, Barry; Marchionna, Susan.
National Council on Crime and Delinquency (NCCD) Oakland, CA.
Cost savings associated with utilizing alternatives to incarceration for nonserious offenders are described. Sections following an executive summary are: introduction—incarceration trends, public support for alternatives, and a different approach; method; the alternatives—electronic monitoring, reporting programs (day reporting centers and work release programs, and drug treatment; estimated savings, prisons and jails, 2008—national, California, Florida, New York, and Texas; and summary. Nationw... Read More
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20 p.
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2010
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Predicting Post-Sentencing Re-Arrest
By Siddiqi, Qudsia.
New York City Criminal Justice Agency, Inc. (New York, NY).
This study “identified case and defendant characteristics associated with a lower-than-average risk of re-arrest” (p.1). Three incarcerative sentence types are analyzed-- definite, indeterminate, and determinate. Offenders are either sentenced by New York City Criminal Court or Supreme Court. Significant predictors of post-sentencing re-arrest are prior misdemeanor convictions, prior arrests, and prior warrants.... Read More
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8 pages
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2009
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Attitudes of US Voters toward Nonserious Offenders and Alternatives to Incarceration
National Council on Crime and Delinquency (San Francisco, CA).
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2009
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Aspiring to the Impracticable: Alternatives to Incarceration in the Era of Mass Incarceration
By Weissman, Marsha.
The fact that “while ATI [alternatives-to-incarceration] programming holds promise as part of a criminal justice reform strategy, the full realization of this promise is thwarted by the structure and rules of the criminal justice system itself” is explained (p. 237). This article is divided into three parts: alternatives-to-incarceration programs—the development of ATI programming, the Center for Community Alternatives (CCA) and New York City’s ATI programs, documentation of ATI program effecti... Read More
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34 p.
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2008
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Substance Abuse Treatment and Public Policy
By Natarajan, Nila; Petteruti, Amanda; Walsh, Nastassia; Ziedenberg, Jason.
Justice Policy Institute (Washington, DC).
The relationship between substance abuse treatment and the use of incarceration is investigated. Sections of this brief include: introduction (executive summary); increases in admissions to substance abuse treatment are associated with reductions in crime; while drug treatment admissions and federal spending on drug treatment increased, violent crime fell; case study -- drug treatment, imprisonment, and public safety in Maryland; increased admissions to drug treatment are associated with reduced... Read More
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17 p.
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2008
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Proceedings from the Symposium on Alternatives to Incarceration
U.S. Sentencing Commission (Washington, DC).
Transcripts from the Symposium on Alternatives to Incarceration are available at this website. Topics discussed include: overview of alternative sentencing options in the state and federal systems; alternative sentencing -- rehabilitative and punitive models and evidence-based policy; restorative justice; prison programs resulting in reduced sentences; intensive supervision/electronic monitoring/GPS; drug courts/treatment options; practical approaches to supervision (non-incarceration alternati... Read More
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6 p.
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1997
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Policy-Driven Responses to Probation and Parole Violations
By Burke, Peggy B..
National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC).
Center for Effective Public Policy (Silver Spring, MD); National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC).
The author describes the experiences of probation and parole agencies from across the country that worked with NIC on developing innovative approaches to probation and parole violations and revocations. The document identifies critical issues emerging from these experiences, and discusses the impact that some of these approaches had on the jurisdiction or agency involved. ... Read More
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48 p.
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