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Criminal Justice & Criminology: Faculty Publications & Other Works

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The Prison Paradox: More Incarceration Will Not Make Us Safer, Don Stemen Jul 2017

The Prison Paradox: More Incarceration Will Not Make Us Safer, Don Stemen

Criminal Justice & Criminology: Faculty Publications & Other Works

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Reconsidering Incarceration: New Directions For Reducing Crime, Don Stemen Jan 2007

Reconsidering Incarceration: New Directions For Reducing Crime, Don Stemen

Criminal Justice & Criminology: Faculty Publications & Other Works

Little empirical study had been done to confirm or refute the effectiveness of incarceration in reducing crime rates when America began its historic reliance on prisons in the 1970s. Today, conversely, policymakers are faced with a large, complex, and sometimes contradictory body of research. This paper seeks to help officials make sense of this information and offers an up-to-date understanding of what works best. It also examines research on several of the other factors that might be developed as part of an expanded notion of public safety. Informed by this more inclusive understanding of current research, it suggests that effective …


Changing Fortunes Or Changing Attitudes: Sentencing And Corrections Reforms In 2003, Jon Wool, Don Stemen Mar 2004

Changing Fortunes Or Changing Attitudes: Sentencing And Corrections Reforms In 2003, Jon Wool, Don Stemen

Criminal Justice & Criminology: Faculty Publications & Other Works

No abstract provided.