Controlling a Jail Population by Partially Closing the Front Door: An Evaluation of a “Summons in Lieu of Arrest” Policy

The Prison Journal

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 386-402

  Baumer, Terry L ^a   Adams, Kenneth ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

alternatives to arrest; jails; overcrowding; summons

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746838780     PISSN: 00328855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0032885506291036     Document Type: Article

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