Alternatives to Prison

ISBN-10: 154860089X
ISBN-13: 9781548600891
Series: Alternatives to Prison
Pages: 428
Language: English
Published: 2017-05-11
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Author: Roderick Brock

Description

Sensible Justice explores creative solutions some states and cities nationwide have devised to tackle America's expensive and controversial prison problem. Former Wall Street Journal and New York Times editor David Anderson spent a year touring the world of "alternative sanctions" that substitute for prison, including work to repay the community or earn restitution for victims; house arrest under high-tech electronic supervision; the military routine of correctional "boot camps;" and counseling for drug addicts and sex offenders. Alternative sanctions some thriving quietly even in conservative states where headlines feature harsh law and order rhetoric are demonstrating that rehabilitation works, while saving taxpayers millions of dollars. Just as importantly, Anderson writes, by reinforcing an ethical society's basic values, these programs allow communities to make sense of criminal justice.