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Sentencing Law and Policy: New study suggests California's prison population reduction via realignment has been generally successful


New study suggests California s prison population reduction via realignment has been generally successful
This new entry at The Crime Report, headlined California s Prison Downsizing Offers a Model for Other States, Study Says, reports on notable new research suggesting that crime has not increased dramatically after California was force in the wake of the Plata ruling to reduce its prison population.  Here is the start of the entry describing the research:
The success of California s Public Safety Realignment Act in reducing state prison populations without a corresponding increase in crime suggests that other jurisdictions around the country can enact similar reforms without endangering public safety, according to a study published in the latest issue of Criminology & Public Policy, an American Society of Criminology journal. ....

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