Schmitt, John; Gupta, Sarika; Warner, Kris - Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) - 2010
calculate that a reduction in incarceration rates just to the level we had in 1993 (which was already high by historical … could save $7.2 billion. These cost savings could be realized through a reduction by one-half in the incarceration rate of … research on incarceration and crime suggests that these savings could be achieved without any appreciable deterioration in …