Vera Institute releases new report, "Reconsidering Incarceration"
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Vera Institute releases new report, "Reconsidering Incarceration"
Article Link :
http://www.vera.org/section3/section3_4b.asp?section_id=3&project_id=0&sub_section_id=4&publication_id=379&publication_content_id=727
January 31, 2007
Reconsidering Incarceration, a new publication from the Vera Institute of Justice, has just been released.
Although crime is up in many American cities, lawmakers should think twice before raising penalties and extending prison sentences, advises a study released today by the Vera Institute of Justice.
FBI reports of a 3.7 percent nationwide increase in violent crime in the first half of 2006--the largest annual increase in 15 years--may soon have lawmakers calling for tougher measures to protect public safety. However, after surveying the most recent research on the effectiveness of increasing incarceration to reduce crime, Don Stemen, director of research in Vera's Center on Sentencing and Corrections, argues in Reconsidering Incarceration: New Directions for Reducing Crime that putting more people in prison may not be the most effective solution.
"Thirty years ago, prevailing wisdom was that sending people to prison was the best and only response to rising crime," says Stemen. "But crime is a complex phenomenon, influenced by many factors. Incarceration is just one potential influence, and research shows that increasing incarceration isn't the best or only way to reduce crime."
Instead, Stemen's research review suggests that policymakers consider investing in areas such as policing or education, which show equal or better correlation with lower rates of crime. ...
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Article Link :
http://www.vera.org/section3/section3_4b.asp?section_id=3&project_id=0&sub_section_id=4&publication_id=379&publication_content_id=727
January 31, 2007
Reconsidering Incarceration, a new publication from the Vera Institute of Justice, has just been released.
Although crime is up in many American cities, lawmakers should think twice before raising penalties and extending prison sentences, advises a study released today by the Vera Institute of Justice.
FBI reports of a 3.7 percent nationwide increase in violent crime in the first half of 2006--the largest annual increase in 15 years--may soon have lawmakers calling for tougher measures to protect public safety. However, after surveying the most recent research on the effectiveness of increasing incarceration to reduce crime, Don Stemen, director of research in Vera's Center on Sentencing and Corrections, argues in Reconsidering Incarceration: New Directions for Reducing Crime that putting more people in prison may not be the most effective solution.
"Thirty years ago, prevailing wisdom was that sending people to prison was the best and only response to rising crime," says Stemen. "But crime is a complex phenomenon, influenced by many factors. Incarceration is just one potential influence, and research shows that increasing incarceration isn't the best or only way to reduce crime."
Instead, Stemen's research review suggests that policymakers consider investing in areas such as policing or education, which show equal or better correlation with lower rates of crime. ...
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