Our cover story in the January 2012 Arizona Attorney examines the prospects for criminal sentencing reform in the state. It quotes numerous people locally and nationally on the topic.
Here are links to a large number of the studies and reports cited in the article:
- Arizona Auditor General, “Department of Corrections Performance Audit”
- ASU Law School, “Sentencing in Arizona: Recommendations to Reduce Cost and Crime”
- Arizona Prosecuting Attorneys’ Advisory Council, “Prisoners in Arizona: A Profile of the Inmate Population”
- Arizona Attorneys for Criminal Justice, “Turning the Corner: Opportunities for Effective Sentencing and Incarceration Practices in Arizona”
- Smart on Crime Coalition, “Recommendations for the Administration and Congress”
- ASU Morrison Institute for Public Policy, “Incarceration: Continuing To Raise the Bars”
- U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics, “Total Correctional Population”
- Pew Center on the States, “Public Safety, Public Spending: Forecasting America’s Prison Population 2007-2011”
- Vera Institute of Justice, “Criminal Justice Trends: Key Legislative Changes in Sentencing Policy, 2001-2010”
- Vera Institute of Justice, “The Continuing Fiscal Crisis in Corrections: Setting a New Course”
- Vera Institute of Justice, “The Continuing Fiscal Crisis in Corrections (interactive map)
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December 15, 2011 at 5:45 am
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