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An Overview of Crime in America

by Paul Brakke | Aug 1, 2019 | Crime, Resolving Problems in American Society, US Prison system, Videos

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...

Prison Sentencing Reform in Criminal Justice Reform Bill

by Paul Brakke | Dec 22, 2018 | American Justice Reform, Media & Press Releases, US Prison system

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...

WHAT WE CAN LEARN FROM PRISONS IN OTHER COUNTRIES

by Paul Brakke | Feb 27, 2018 | American Justice Reform, US Prison system

  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...

Measures to Reduce Admissions and Safely Increase Releases

by Paul Brakke | Feb 22, 2018 | American Justice Reform, US Prison system

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...

WHAT ARE SOME WAYS TO REDUCE RECIDIVISM?

by Paul Brakke | Feb 15, 2018 | American Justice Reform, US Prison system

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...

The Importance Of Reducing Recividism

by Paul Brakke | Feb 12, 2018 | American Justice Reform, US Prison system

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....
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