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Alternatives to Incarceration in California (2015)
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A Public Policy Institute of California research using different graphs to illustrate the slow increase of split sentencing in California prisons. Additionally, this report provides an outline on the reasons this method of alternatives to incarceration is effective. The authors highlight that intensive data collection on county implementation efforts such as supervision and targeted services can help the state identify the community-based strategies that produce the most promising outcome.
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Keywords: Split sentencing, flash incarceration, work release, reduce crime