Profiling Inmates in the Los Angeles County Jail, 1996-1998

By 1996 it became apparent that the Los Angeles county jails faced a serious overcrowding problem. Two possible solutions to the problem were to build more jail capacity or to divert a greater number of incoming inmates to community-based, intermediate sanctions. The research team for this study was...

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Main Author: Petersilia, Joan (Author)
Contributors: Fain, Terry (Contributor) ; Turner, Susan (Contributor)
Format: Electronic Research Data
Language:English
Published: [Erscheinungsort nicht ermittelbar] [Verlag nicht ermittelbar] 2003
In:Year: 2003
Online Access: Volltext (kostenfrei)
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Keywords:
alternatives to institutionalization
criminal histories
criminality prediction
Jail inmates
offender profiles
prison overcrowding
Recidivism
Sanctions
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