Category: Article Reviews
Cost of Incarceration in Michigan
Research Brief on Parole and Probation Across The Nation
By Cory Fulmer, Kennedy Ann Yurt, Max Bauer, Rajya Matlapudi, and Sarah Haskell The research we began on parole and probation primarily focused on three things: parole/probation population sizes, state budget expenditures on these programs, and the relationship between these things. While we managed to…
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Good Time Makes Good Sense
In 2009, due to historic budget cuts across the country, states were looking for ways to cut corrections costs while maintaining public safety. One of the main options was to try and level off the ever-growing prison population, and to explore different ideas for allowing…
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Truths About Violent-Crime Recidivism
Fear is a powerful tool. It instantly invokes behaviors at a subconscious level that most individuals fail to even recognize. Take for example the “fight-or-flight” instinct that occurs when we find ourselves in a dangerous situation. Our bodies instantly react without a conscious thought from…
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Research Brief on the Biden Administration’s Justice Policies, Proposals, and Promises
By Katie Ann Costa and Max Bauer President Joseph Biden has expressed his prospective plans for criminal justice reform throughout campaign promises and active administration decisions, focusing highly on inclusion and reform initiatives centering on racial and financial justice. Outlined in the following sections are…
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Earned Credit Programs Incentivize Positive Behavior While Continuing to Protect Public Safety
In 2012, Missouri established an “earned compliance credits” policy that allows individuals to shorten their time on probation or parole by 30 days for every full calendar month that they comply with the conditions of their sentences. In an August, 2016, brief released by The…
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Data Presented by The Prosecuting Attorneys Association of Michigan Confirms that Spending Billions of Taxpay Dollars on Mass Incarceration Does Not Make Our Communities Any Safer
From the beginning of our quest to repeal Truth-in-Sentencing, we have been repeatedly told that our greatest obstacle would be to convince the multiple law enforcement agencies and prosecutors across the state of Michigan that our plan made sense. In our attempt to learn more…
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