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Levin on crime, costs and Texas justice

I've got a couple of Marc Levin's recent reports on my to-blog list from the Texas Public Policy Foundation's Center for Effective Justice, but in the meantime via email here's a compendium of much of his recent work on Texas crime and punishment policy:Texas Criminal Justice Reform: Lower Crime, Lower Cost - January 2010 By: Marc Levin By continuing to build upon the recent initiatives that are successfully reducing both crime and incarceration rates, Texas can achieve further crime reductions and lower its corrections budget through the closure of unneeded adult and juvenile correctional facilities. Texas Counties Can Unlock Kids and Savings ? December 2009 By: Marc Levin Evidence from Texas cities and scholarly research increasingly indicates that communities can enhance public safety and reduce costs to taxpayers by providing alternatives that divert appropriate youths from detention, adjudication, and probation...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on February 09, 2010 (boomark / email).