Reuters/Lucy Nicholson - A inmate sits in his cell with other prisoners housed in a recreation room due to overcrowding at a state prison in Chino, California
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More Prisoners Versus More Crime is the Wrong Question
December 2011, Philip J. Cook and Jens Ludwig
The unprecedented surge in incarceration has stimulated a national debate between those who believe imprisonment preserves public safety and those who claim the human and financial burden of imprisoning over two million citizens is intolerable. Philip J. Cook and Jens Ludwig examine the most recent research on the causal affect of various crime-related policies—and highlight proven alternatives to prison for controlling crime.