Introducing Crime in America, a new book by American Leadership Books which specializes in books on the U.S. criminal justice system, the U.S. prison system, U.S. corrections system, and the U.S. courts, prosecutors, and defense attorneys. The book is written from a...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Now that the Senate has overwhelmingly passed the criminal justice reform bill backed by President Trump, criminal justice expert Paul Brakke has hailed this effort, which he has long supported in his books and articles about prison sentencing...
One of the most shameful aspects of prisons in the U.S. is that we incarcerate a far higher proportion of our population than any other country, six times more than the average in Europe, as illustrated in the chart below. We have 2.2 million in prison or jail...
In previous blogs I have talked about the importance of reducing costs in the prison system by reducing incarcerations and reducing recidivism. Here I want to provide a list of suggestions on how to reduce admissions and safely increase releases, including some...
Given that recidivism is a major source of crime and is one result of over-incarceration, the question becomes — what to do to reduce recidivism? There are several approaches that have been found to work, and I’ll describe them briefly here, followed by my...
Reducing recidivism is a key way to both reduce crime and costs, so any strategies to reduce recidivism, even if more costly in the near term, can be much more cost effective in the long term. It’s a subject I discuss at length in The Costly U.S. Prison System....
