Evaluating the Success of Written Mitigation in Reducing Prison Sentences and Achieving Alternatives to Incarceration for Parole Violations

It is estimated that 2.4 million individuals are incarcerated in federal, state, and county prisons and jails in the United States, the largest number seen in the developed world (Flatow, 2014). In addition, there are an estimated 4.75 million, or 1 in 51, adults under community supervision in the...

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Main Authors: Nnenna Onyema, Jaime Buseman, Carrie Maldovan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Columbia University Libraries 2019-06-01
Series:Columbia Social Work Review
Online Access:https://journals.library.columbia.edu/index.php/cswr/article/view/1858