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2010
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Justice Reinvestment
Council of States Governments. Justice Center (New York, NY).
Information regarding a reform strategy for realizing cost savings on corrections is provided at this website. “Justice Reinvestment is a data-driven strategy for policymakers to: Reduce spending on corrections. Increase public safety. Improve conditions in the neighborhoods to which most people released from prison return.” Points of entry include: facts and trends; the strategy; work in the states; resources; in the spotlights; and what’s new.... Read More
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2 p.
2010
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Justice Reinvestment: A Data-Driven Approach to Reduce Corrections Spending and Reinvest Savings in Strategies That Can Decrease Crime and Strengthen Neighborhoods
Council of State Governments. Justice Center (New York, NY).
An overview of the justice reinvestment process is provided. This brief looks at: how justice reinvestment works—analyze data and develop policy options, adopt new policies and put reinvestment strategies into place, and measure performance; and case studies from Texas and Kansas.... Read More
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4 p.
2010
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Justice Reinvestment in New Hampshire: Analyses and Policy Options to Reduce Spending on Corrections and Increase Public Safety
Council of State Governments. Justice Center (New York, NY).
Three goals from the New Hampshire Justice Reinvestment Work group are explained—“reduce spending on corrections, reinvest in sanction and treatment programs, and increase public safety by reducing recidivism” (p.1). Six sections comprise this report: summary; crime and arrest trends; corrections trends; probation and parole supervision; behavioral health; and a five part policy framework.... Read More
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16 p.
2009
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Justice Reinvestment in Ohio: Reducing Spending on Corrections and Reinvesting in Strategies to Increase Public Safety
Sections of this report are: background; snapshot of corrections and criminal trends in Ohio—the prison population’s growth is driving significant increases in spending on corrections, the property crime rate exceeds the regional and national average, and the state will need to build additional prisons and increase corrections spending if nothing is done to reduce the increasing prison population; and the Justice Center’s three phases of technical assistance to Ohio.... Read More
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4 p.
2009
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GAO Cost Estimating and Assessment Guide: Best Practices for Developing and Managing Capital Program Costs
U.S. Government Accountability Office (Washington, DC).
The intent of this publication is “to establish a consistent methodology that is based on best practices and that can be used across the federal government for developing, managing, and evaluating capital program cost estimates” (p. i). Twenty chapters are contained in this guide: the characteristics of credible cost estimates and a reliable process for creating them; why government programs need cost estimates and the challenges in developing them; criteria for cost estimating, EVM (earned valu... Read More
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420 p.


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