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Smart decarceration : achieving criminal justice transformation in the 21st century
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Smart Decarceration is a forward-thinking, practical volume that provides concrete strategies for an era of decarceration. This timely work consists of chapters written from multiple perspectives a...
Smart Decarceration is a forward-thinking, practical volume that provides concrete strategies for an era of decarceration. This timely work consists of chapters written from multiple perspectives and disciplines including scholars, practitioners, and persons with incarceration histories. The text grapples with tough questions and builds a foundation for the decarceration field.
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- Creator
- edited by Matthew W. Epperson and Carrie Pettus-Davis
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2017]
- ©2017
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (xix, 281 pages) : illustrations
- ISBNs
- 9780190653101, 0190653116, 0190653108, 0190653094, 9780190653118, 9780190653095
- OCLC
- ocn984512108, ocn983799039
- Includes index.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Cover; Hafe title page; Smart Decarceration; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Contributors; Introduction; Part I Setting the Context for Decarceration; 1. Smart Decarceration: Guiding Concepts for an Era of Criminal Justice Transformation; 2. Reflections on a Locked Door: Lessons from History and the Failed Promise of Penal Incarceration; 3. From Moment to Movement: The Urgency for Formerly Incarcerated Individuals to Lead Decarceration Efforts; Part II Advancing Justice and Community Reforms; 4. From the Inside Out: A Perspective on Decarceration from a Formerly Incarcerated Individual
- 5. The Prosecutor's Role in Promoting Decarceration: Lessons Learned from Milwaukee County6. Learning to Lead in the Decarceration Movement; 7. Prisoner Reentry in an Era of Smart Decarceration; 8. Community and Decarceration: Developing Localized Solutions; Part III Rethinking Policy and Practice; 9. Minimizing the Maximum: The Case for Shortening All Prison Sentences; 10. Reforming Civil Disability Policy to Facilitate Effective and Sustainable Decarceration; 11. A Public Health Approach to Decarceration: Strategies to Reduce the Prison and Jail Population and Support Reentry
- 12. Community Interventions for Justice-Involved Individuals: Assessing Gaps in Programming to Promote Decarceration13. Empirical Means to Decarcerative Ends? Advancing the Science and Practice of Risk Assessment; Part IV Moving from Concepts to Strategies; 14. Imagining the Future of Justice: Advancing Decarceration through Multisector Social Innovations; 15. Guideposts for the Smart Decarceration Era: Recommended Strategies from Researchers, Practitioners, and Formerly Incarcerated Leaders; Index