Contains twelve articles in which the authors provide various perspectives on alternatives to prisons, debating whether incarceration reduces crime, and discussing different types of courts, prison overcrowding, electronic monitoring, and other topics.
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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.