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		<title>An Overview of Crime in America</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Aug 2019 23:27:39 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[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 conservative perspective and suggests ways of fixing and reforming the system.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Prison Sentencing Reform in Criminal Justice Reform Bill</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Brakke]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Dec 2018 17:02:16 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[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 reform. The Senate version of the bill will now go to the House, where [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>WHAT WE CAN LEARN FROM PRISONS IN OTHER COUNTRIES</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Brakke]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Feb 2018 22:58:14 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#160; 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 the U.S. It’s a problem [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Measures to Reduce Admissions and Safely Increase Releases</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Brakke]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Feb 2018 20:43:03 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[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 legislative fixes.  &#160; One approach reduces the number of the prisoners who are [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>WHAT ARE SOME WAYS TO REDUCE RECIDIVISM?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Brakke]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Feb 2018 20:57:24 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Given that recidivism is a major source of crime and is one result of over-incarceration, the question becomes &#8212; 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 suggestions on what to do.  They are discussed at length in [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The Importance Of Reducing Recividism</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Brakke]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Feb 2018 00:12:24 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[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. &#160; One key to achieving less [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>12 SUGGESTIONS FOR FIXING THE U.S. PRISON SYSTEM NOW</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Brakke]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Feb 2018 15:12:19 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[ In my book: The Costly U.S. Prison System, I describe how the U.S. prison system costs billions more than necessary because of the high incarceration rate and long prison terms for non-violent offenders.  Unfortunately, this tendency of a convicted criminal to return to crime, known as recidivism, is common.  But with reduced sentences, along with [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>WHY THE U.S. PRISON SYSTEM COSTS TOO MUCH</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Brakke]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Feb 2018 21:48:08 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The U.S. prison systems costs too much, and the cost would be much less if we reduced the number of incarcerations. We can do that effectively and safely, as I discuss in my book The Costly U.S. Prison System.   I’ll talk about some of the highlights here and other blogs in this series. Why Prisons [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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