Criminology and Public Policy -

An essay from a lawyer’s perspective on decarceration and what the success of realignment attributes to. Author refers to Sundt et al (2016) in addressing crime rates’ connection to AB 109’s implementation and to the nation’s imprisonment rate. Author indicates that future research should focus on the degree that incarceration and crime will affect each other and how prisoner populations should be managed.

Robert Weisberg is the faculty co-director of the Stanford Criminal Justice Center and writes, researchers, and teaches in the areas of criminal law, criminal procedure, white collar crime, and sentencing policy.

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^{Keywords: Split Sentencing, Government Data, Penal Code Reform, Post AB 109, Stanford University, Weisburg}