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... effects for studies that measured crime outcomes. In an earlier Institute report, we analyzed the degree to which a wide array of evidence-based prevention programs affects non-crime outcomes.17 To make this information useful for policy making in Washington, we categorized each of these 571 evaluations...

... crime reduction program and enforcement results; communicating directly to offenders about the consequences of continuing violent behaviors; and supporting locally-based prevention and reentry efforts. The Attorney General s inclusion of the importance of prevention efforts for long-term violence...

... of evidenced-based services for at-risk youth will significantly reduce crime. That continuum should start early, beginning with teenage pregnancy prevention to reduce the number of children born into dysfunctional situations, and then prenatal care to reduce mental retardation and learning disabilities...

... partners and build unique coalitions that support community safety. United States Attorneys do not face election, unlike virtually all of their state counterparts, and thus need not fear being labeled weak on crime for initiating prevention and reentry programs.17 They have the convening clout to bring...

... will dissuade others from committing crimes Incapacitation: The prevention of crimes in the community that might otherwise be committed if an individual was not incarcerated Long sentences: The Task Force on Long Sentences de nes long sentences as prison sentences of 10 years or more. Numerous state and federal...

...) and Youth Follow-up (YF). YP may last from six months up to two years (and a maximum of three years for serious crimes); it is based on a court decision; the offender and his or her guardians must give their consent to this alternative; and it can be an alternative to prison and to stricter community...

... from a sole focus on prosecutions to greater responsibility for preventing crime and for the re-entry of offenders. That led them to emphasize solving community problems over prosecuting individual cases. Attorney General Holder s Smart on Crime initiative demanded that new approach. A. Prevention...

... of protecting the community against new, serious criminality. A basic precondition for preventive detention is that a general time-limited prison sentence is insuf cient for protecting the community. Preventive detention can, in principle, lead to a lifetime in prison, but that has not occurred in practice so...

... locally tailored by a broad-based coalition of community organizations, public and private, from law enforcement to faith based, that are working with at-risk children to prevent them from becoming involved in gangs or crimes in the first place, and redirecting those who are already involved to productive...

.... If prison is warranted or required, the judge generally must choose a foundational or base term from one of three legislatively mandated choices of a low, middle, or upper term.2 Additional prison time must be added if the crime was committed in a way that triggers specified sentence enhancements...

... community and commit their offenses within the confines of Indian land. This explains why Indian offenses, which usually account for less than five percent of the overall federal caseload, make up a significant portion of the violent crime prosecutions in federal courts.5 Over 80% of manslaughter and over...

... sentencing goals nor on mitigating and aggravating circumstances, doctrine and judicial decisions hold that an assessment of guilt leads to a penalty range where the precise sentence can be set based on preventive (and incapacitative) considerations and ultimately through assessing the risk of re-offending...

... be replaced by a correctional system based on evidence-based programming. The call for evidence-based programs offers an important rejoinder to those who defend the current scale of mass incarceration as necessary to prevent a recurrence of the higher levels of violent crime experienced in the late 1980s...

... Authorized block grants for crime prevention and recreational programs focusing on atrisk youth; prohibited discrimination by local governments receiving crime prevention funds; provided grants for community-based prosecution programs that identify, speed the prosecution of, and offer non-criminal 150...

... three strikes, mandatory minimum, and other controls on judicial sentencing discretion. The role of the Court in all of this is, of course, primarily reactive. It cannot fix what is wrong: most sentences for most crimes fail to prevent the offender s next crime; most offenders sentenced for serious...

... enhancements deliver value for money when compared to other risk reduction and crime prevention strategies such as enhanced probation supervision, surveillance, or prison-based risk-needs treatments? Finally, a powerful PR enhancement will undermine offense-based proportionality. If the highest criminal...

... to prevent and reduce gun violence. And you re advancing our global ght against the heinous crime of human traf cking. In so many ways, today s ABA is reminding us that, although our laws must be continually updated, our shared dedication to the cause of justice and the ideals set forth by our Constitution...

... release. Penal implementation out in the community is more effective for rehabilitation than prison and is therefore the best long-term public protection. The Government believes that sentences served in freedom act to prevent new crime and to build a better society for us all. The Norwegian Correctional...

... that there is pressure to achieve major crime prevention gains quickly. As a point of reference, the pharmaceutical industry, which Farabee cites as a model for scientific rigor, spent more than $55 billion on worldwide research and development in 2006.40 Even just meeting the demand for existing prison-based...