Downsizing prisons : how to reduce crime and end mass incarceration /
Jacobson, Michael, 1953-
Downsizing prisons : how to reduce crime and end mass incarceration / Michael Jacobson. - New York and London : New York University Press, c2005. - xi, 292 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : bloated prisons -- Mass incarceration -- Unintended consequences -- A new reality for prison systems -- Why prison growth does not reduce crime -- Why parole and probation policies need to change -- Success stories -- Downsizing prisons.
0814742742 (cloth : alk. paper)
2004020592
Prisons--United States.
Probation--United States.
Parole--United States.
Alternatives to imprisonment--United States.
Criminals--Rehabilitation--United States.
HV9471 / .J317 2005
364.6/0973
Downsizing prisons : how to reduce crime and end mass incarceration / Michael Jacobson. - New York and London : New York University Press, c2005. - xi, 292 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : bloated prisons -- Mass incarceration -- Unintended consequences -- A new reality for prison systems -- Why prison growth does not reduce crime -- Why parole and probation policies need to change -- Success stories -- Downsizing prisons.
0814742742 (cloth : alk. paper)
2004020592
Prisons--United States.
Probation--United States.
Parole--United States.
Alternatives to imprisonment--United States.
Criminals--Rehabilitation--United States.
HV9471 / .J317 2005
364.6/0973