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2012
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Alternative Sentencing Policies for Drug Offenders: Evaluating the Effectiveness of Kansas Senate Bill 123, Executive Summary
By Stemen, Don; Rengifo, Andres F..
National Institute of Justice (Washington, DC).
Kansas Senate Bill 123 (SB 123) “created mandatory community-based supervision and substance abuse treatment for individuals convicted of a first or second offense of simple drug possession … This evaluation documents the first five years of operation of SB 123 (November 1, 2003-October 31, 2008). The study examines the individual-level impact of SB 123 on recidivism rates and the system-level impact of SB 123 on prison populations. The study also assesses the impact of SB 123 on the work routin... Read More
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264 pages
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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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Probation and Diversion: Is There a Place at the Table and What Should We Serve?
By Taxman, Faye S..
“In this review, we will look at the efforts to improve probation and diversion practices and highlight the findings from various studies” (p. 234). Readers will get a better understanding of how these two community correction programs work. This article is divided into the following parts: diversion; special programming for substance abuse disorders; restorative justice—healing the harms; probation; and searching for the “holy grail”.... Read More
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8 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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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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