With recidivism rates north of 70% and tens of billions of dollars wasted annually on policies that assume we can punish the crime out of criminal offenders, Americaâ s fixation with â tough on crimeâ has been an utter failure. William R. Kelly lays out a roadmap for how to effectively reduce recidivism, crime, victimization and cost.
With recidivism rates north of 70% and tens of billions of dollars wasted annually on policies that assume we can punish the crime out of criminal offenders, Americaâ s fixation with â tough on crimeâ has been an utter failure. William R. Kelly lays out a roadmap for how to effectively reduce recidivism, crime, victimization and cost.
William R. Kelly, PhD, is a professor in the Department of Sociology and director of the Center for Criminology and Criminal Justice Research at the University of Texas at Austin, Texas. He is also a fellow with the Darrell K. Royal Regents Chair in Ethics and American Society, University of Texas at Austin. Kelly is the author and contributor of several books and articles on criminal justice, law, and policy, including Criminal Justice At The Crossroads: Transforming Crime and Punishment (2015) and Justice Under Pressure: Prison Crowding, Parole Release and Recidivism in Texas (1993).
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Introduction 1. American Criminal Justice: The Punishment is the Crime 2. The High Cost of Failure 3. Why People Commit Crime and What We Can Do About It 4. Diversion from Traditional Criminal Prosecution and Punishment 5. Changing Prosecution And Sentencing 6. Rethinking Punishment 7. Drugs, Guns and Gangs 8. Juvenile Justice: The Critical Opportunity 9. Conclusions
Introduction 1. American Criminal Justice: The Punishment is the Crime 2. The High Cost of Failure 3. Why People Commit Crime and What We Can Do About It 4. Diversion from Traditional Criminal Prosecution and Punishment 5. Changing Prosecution And Sentencing 6. Rethinking Punishment 7. Drugs, Guns and Gangs 8. Juvenile Justice: The Critical Opportunity 9. Conclusions
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