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An article which intends to find if net of crime, demographic, political, and system capacity characteristics can explain decarceration. Study uses group-based trajectory modeling and logistics regression to analyze association of characteristics in range of California state prisons in decade preceding realignment. Results of study suggest explanations of decarceration do not directly mirror that of incarceration and indicates future research should focus on examination of causal connections and mechanisms regarding decarceration of characteristics.

Anjuli Verma received her Ph.D. in Criminology, Law and Society at the University of California, Irvine where her doctoral research examines the causes and effects of deinstitutionalization and decarceration in California.

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^{Keywords: Mass incarceration, AB 109, realignment, decarceration, imprisonment trajectory, path dependence, Brown v. Plata, recidivism, jail, prison, statewide, county research, Anjuli VErma, The Annals of the American academy}