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Jailing Communities: The Impact of Jail Expansion and Effective Public Safety Strategies
Jailing Communities: The Impact of Jail Expansion and Effective Public Safety Strategies
Publication year:
2008
| Cataloged on:
Apr. 15, 2008
ANNOTATION: “This report summarizes recent research findings on jails, the changing nature of jail populations, and the known impact of jails on communities and individuals” (p. 4). Sections comprising this report are: introduction -- jails are part of the country’s mass incarceration challenge; background -- what jails are and how they are used; why jail populations are growing; what the consequences are of over-using jails; building more jail beds and holding more people in jails has not been shown to make communities safer; the impact; the impact of increased use of jails in the U.S. is not borne equally; recommendations -- communities can take action to reduce jail populations; and types of bonds.
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