Strategies for Reducing Prison Populations

Prison Journal

Volumn 91, Issue 3 SUPPL., 2011, Pages

  Clear, Todd R ^a   Schrantz, Dennis ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Northpointe Institute for Public Management   (United States)

Author keywords

prison population reduction strategies; prison programming; rearrest rates

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867239754     PISSN: 00328855     EISSN: 15527522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0032885511415238     Document Type: Article

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