San Francisco’s Locally Self-Reliant Incarceration Policies Are Saving State Taxpayers Hundreds of Millions of Dollars a Year
Publication year:
2011
| Cataloged on:
Oct. 04, 2011
ANNOTATION: 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 in crime indicates local nonincarceration and alternative policies for non-serious offenders are effective” (p. 1).
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