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Controlling Corrections Costs in Illinois: Lessons from the Coasts

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That's the title of a new report by Malcolm Young of the Northwestern University School of Law. examining the impact of criminal justice systems in New York and California."Study finds N.Y.'s crime-fighting strategies more effective than California's," is Lynne Marek's report in the National Law JournalThe more lenient incarceration and sentencing practices of New York have resulted in a bigger drop in crime and smaller prison population than have the stiffer practices of California, a Northwestern University School of Law report argues. New York's prison population declined by 9% between 1995 and 2007, while it's violent and property crime rates fell by 47% and 51%, respectively, during the same period, according to data in the report...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on June 05, 2009 (boomark / email).