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Title Alternatives to prisons / Jennifer Skancke, book editor.

Publication Info. San Diego, Ca : Greenhaven Press, 2005.

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Location Pub Note Copy No. Status
 Bureau Valley Jr/Sr HS Stacks - BVHG-8  364.6 AL 2005    AVAILABLE
 Byron CUSD 226 - Byron HS Stacks - BRLY-14  364.6 Ska    AVAILABLE
 Joliet Twp HS SD 204 - West Campus Adult Non-Fiction - JWHB-1  365.7 ALTERNATIVES    AVAILABLE
 Joliet Twp HS SD 204 - West Campus Adult Non-Fiction - JWHB-1  365.7 ALTERNATIVES c.2  AVAILABLE
 Pecatonica CUSD 321 - HS Stacks - PALY-13  364.6 SKA    AVAILABLE
 Polo CUSD 222 - Polo Community HS Stacks - PSLY-14  364.6 ALT    AVAILABLE
 River Ridge CUSD 210 Stacks - RRHY-13  364.6 Alt    AVAILABLE
Description 123 pages ; 24 cm.
text txt rdacontent
unmediated n rdamedia
volume nc rdacarrier
Series At issue
At issue (San Diego, Calif.)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Incarceration does not reduce crime / John Irwin, Vincent Schiraldi, and Jason Ziedenberg. -- Incarceration does reduce crime / Morgan Reynolds. -- Punitive approaches to addressing juvenile crime are ineffective / Richard A. Mendel. -- Prison overcrowding creates a need for prison alternatives / Alida V. Merlo and Peter J. Benekos. -- Prison alternatives can cut costs and improve public safety / Daniel L. Lombardo and Robert N. Levy. -- Drug courts are effective in reducing recidivism / David Cole. -- Mental health courts for mentally ill offenders are effective / Lisa Rabasca. -- Teen courts benefit juvenile offenders / Jeffrey A. Butts and Janeen Buck. -- Family-based therapies are successful alternatives to juvenile incarceration / Tori DeAngelis. -- Restorative justice benefits victims and offenders / Jeff Anderson. -- Shame punishment is an effective alternative to incarceration / Aaron S. Book. -- Electronic monitoring is a popular alternative to imprisonment / Scott Vollum and Chris Hale.
Subject Alternatives to imprisonment -- United States.
Corrections -- Government policy -- United States.
Criminals -- Rehabilitation -- United States.
Criminals -- Mental health services -- United States.
Criminal behavior -- United States -- Prevention.
Added Author Skancke, Jennifer.
ISBN 0737726938 lib. alkaline paper
0737726946 paperback alkaline paper

 
    
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