Search Results for alternatives to arrest

.... In searching for an alternative to periodic arrests of destitute alcoholics, the program had to resolve conflicting theories of health administration and alcoholism treatment. In its first year of operation, the Manhattan Bowery Project's primary goals were to test (1) whether Bowery alcoholics would accept...

... with mental health treatment needs, these efforts have focused almost entirely on the front end of the criminal legal system (e.g., arrest and jail diversion), as well as problem-solving courts and alternative sentencing programs. And while plenty of work to prevent incarceration remains to be done...

...Kevin T. Wolff; Laura Baber; Christine A. Dozier; Roberto Cordeiro; Jonathan Muller The current study evaluates the effectiveness of Alternatives to Incarceration (ATI) programs in the federal criminal justice system across thirteen federal districts, particularly their impact on post-program...

... for the Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative, available at httpwww.aecf.org/ MajorInitiatives/JuvenileDetentionAlternativesInitiative/ JDAIResults.aspx. 11 New York State s Family Court Act requires youth who are arrested to appear at the Probation Department for an intake appointment. 12 Following...

... sanctions sometimes also known as alternative sanctions, alternative punishments, or community corrections such as house arrest with electronic monitoring, in- and outpatient drug and alcohol treatment, and work release programs, have become common. The primary policy motivation for such programs...

... determining whether there are characteristics of first time offenders that suggest a rational basis for dealing with them differently from other offenders. The paper then proposes four possible ways of reconfiguring criminal history categories to address the congressional mandate to provide alternatives...

... in other neighborhoods like East Harlem and Southeast Queens by NYPD s Tactical Narcotic Teams II. Developments in New York City A. Violent Crimes and Arrests Decrease in New York City New York City s reported crime data show a remarkable decrease in violent crime starting in 1991. By 2012, the City s...

..., service providers, businesses, and neighborhood leaders launched what has proven to be a successful, replicable, and equitable new method to divert people away from punishment and toward care. They named it LEAD1 Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion, the nation s rst pre-arrest, pre-booking alternative...

... 291 little either to deter crime or to encourage law-abiding behavior among offenders after completion of their sentences. Increasingly, they are looking at alternatives to incarceration, including ideas like house arrest, intensively supervised probation, restitution, and community service as ways...

...Rachel Porter; Sophia Lee; Mary Lutz Abstract This article is excerpted from Rachel Porter, Sophia Lee, and Mary Lutz's 100-page report of the same name originally published by the Vera Institute of Justice in 2002. The report assesses the operation of the alternatives to incarceration (ATI...

... for recidivist behavior. Three contrasting deÞnitions of recidivism will be used in the project analysis. These are: (a) an arrest with no disposition information, (b) an arrest with a disposition of guilty, or (c) a supervision revocation. The focus will be on recidivism during a three-year followup period...

... © The Ohio State University American Bar Association February 2007 COMMISSION ON EFFECTIVE CRIMINAL SANCTIONS CRIMINAL JUSTICE SECTION NATIONAL DISTRICT ATTORNEYS ASSOCIATION NATIONAL LEGAL AID AND DEFENDER ASSOCIATION REPORT TO THE HOUSE OF DELEGATES [ON ALTERNATIVES TO INCARCERATION...

... creating positions to evaluate crime strategies, alternatives to incarceration, collateral consequences, and wrongful convictions. It will also discuss ending certain low-level prosecutions, crafting constructive, non-incarceratory resolutions to cases, connecting with all stakeholders in the criminal...

... present an alternative analysis of Booker s effects on racial disparity that reaches very different results.14 Using linking les from the Bureau of Justice Statistics, we constructed a multi-agency data set that traces cases from arrest through sentencing, so that we could assess disparities throughout...

... federal defendants were nearly twice as likely as White men to be charged with a mandatory minimum offense, after controlling for the arrest offense, criminal history, and other prior characteristics; this SONJA STARR* Assistant Professor, University of Michigan Law School Federal Sentencing Reporter, Vol...

..., prioritize appropriate alternatives to incarceration, provide comprehensive reentry services to individuals coming from out of state or local custody, and engage formerly incarcerated individuals, their families, and victims in local planning processes. San Francisco s criminal justice reforms, both prior...

... are imprisoned at six times the rate of White men, and Black women are imprisoned at nearly twice the rate of White women.3 These disparities cannot be simply attributed to higher propensity to commit crimes. Research shows that people of color are more likely to be arrested and sentenced longer than whites...

... data and a potential backlash to what may be considered leniency. In the federal system the crucial but often underappreciated role of the probation of cer has been changing, as has the role of (some) federal judges who have set up alternative courts. Although many of these projects remain empirically...

... and academic attention because of its particular cruelty, almost twice as many people—3.7 million, or one in every sixty-nine U.S. adults—are under community supervision. Probation and parole are commonly understood as “alternatives to incarceration” or “lenient sentences,” but people on supervision must...

... Director of the Virginia Criminal Sentencing Commission. the Commission to study the feasibility of using an empirically-based risk assessment instrument to select 25 percent of the lowest risk, incarceration-bound, drug and property offenders for placement in alternative (non- prison) sanctions...