Faster Justice, Closer to Home: The Power of Community Courts
Community courts across the country are fighting judicial backlog and lowering re-arrest rates.
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Recidivism
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Are Prison Education Programs Worth It?
Cost-benefit analyses should consider more than dollars and cents.
Should Drug Treatment Aim to End Use or Reduce Harm?
Achieving one of those results is hard enough. And recent experiments suggest we may not be able to have both even if we want to.
The Wild Illogic of Barring Felons From Voting
And what Attorney General Eric Holder missed in his recent speech on, among other things, the disproportionate burden of voter disenfranchisement of felons felt by minorities.
Can Shame Predict Whether a Released Felon Will Reoffend?
A new longitudinal study of incarcerated felons produces a nuanced answer.
Hard Data to Back Up the Rhetoric on Recidivism
New York City has launched a public database to help study the problem of repeat offenders.
How Financial Education in Jail Can Empower Inmates—and Save Everyone Money
Incarcerated men say that money troubles put them in prison—and avoiding money troubles will keep them out.
Will the Great U.S. Penal Reform Tip the Balance for Addicts?
In California and beyond, an unprecedented "experiment" is giving tens of thousands of non-violent offenders the chance of alternatives to prison. Most have severe drug problems. What are their prospects?
Marriage May Calm a Criminal Impulse in Men
Likewise, divorce can send past offenders back into lives of crime.