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State Responses to Mass Incarceration

June 2011

Researchers have devoted considerable attention to mass incarceration, specifically its magnitude, costs, and collateral consequences. In the face of economic constraints, strategies to reduce correctional populations while maintaining public safety are becoming a fiscal necessity. This panel will present strategies that states have undertaken to reduce incarceration rates while balancing taxpayer costs with ensuring public safety.

NIJ Journal Issue No. 261

NCJ Number
224083
Journal
NIJ Journal
Date Published
October 2008
Agencies
NIJ
Publication Type
Collected Work