"Are state punitive or reporting policies related to substance use
during pregnancy associated with rates of neonatal abstinence syndrome
(NAS)?
... Policy makers seeking to reduce NAS rates may wish to consider
approaches favored by public health experts that focus on primary
prevention."
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Showing posts with label penal policy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label penal policy. Show all posts
Crime and Consequence: What Should Happen to People Who Commit Criminal Offences?
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"This collection is a call to action from a cross section of well-informed people from all corners of society. Although they vary in views and answers, they are united in their lack of support for the status quo."
"This collection is a call to action from a cross section of well-informed people from all corners of society. Although they vary in views and answers, they are united in their lack of support for the status quo."
Marc
Mauer: We've tried #massincarceration
for 4 decades; why don't we try something else for the next 4 decades?
http://t.co/QYy5KeAtOA
—
Sentencing Project (@SentencingProj) April
28, 2015
A Review of Population and Spending Shifts in Prison and Community Corrections
BACKGROUND
Ongoing state budget deficits have placed the centerpiece of U.S. penal policy—incarceration—under intense scrutiny. Although crime rates have been on the decline since 1992, prison populations and spending have continued to grow—spurring state policymakers to question whether resources can be better used to enhance public safety. Taking heed of research which has shown that many offenders are dealt with more effectively in the community, many states have recently adopted policies to lower prison populations by moving people who are incarcerated to less-expensive supervision in the community. The goal is not only to reduce correctional costs but also improve public safety outcomes.
In this study, the Vera Institute of Justice, in partnership with the Pew Center on the States’ Public Safety Performance
Project, set out to determine whether—in light of recent state-level policy changes and the economic recession—there have been observable shifts from prisons to community corrections between 2006 and 2010 by examining changes in (1) prison populations; (2) prison spending; (3) community corrections populations; and (4) community corrections spending.
Read on...
Ongoing state budget deficits have placed the centerpiece of U.S. penal policy—incarceration—under intense scrutiny. Although crime rates have been on the decline since 1992, prison populations and spending have continued to grow—spurring state policymakers to question whether resources can be better used to enhance public safety. Taking heed of research which has shown that many offenders are dealt with more effectively in the community, many states have recently adopted policies to lower prison populations by moving people who are incarcerated to less-expensive supervision in the community. The goal is not only to reduce correctional costs but also improve public safety outcomes.
In this study, the Vera Institute of Justice, in partnership with the Pew Center on the States’ Public Safety Performance
Project, set out to determine whether—in light of recent state-level policy changes and the economic recession—there have been observable shifts from prisons to community corrections between 2006 and 2010 by examining changes in (1) prison populations; (2) prison spending; (3) community corrections populations; and (4) community corrections spending.
Read on...
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