You are given the task of reducing your state's correctional population by 10 percent by diverting offenders away from prison or releasing inmates on...

You are given the task of reducing your state's correctional population by 10 percent by diverting offenders away from prison or releasing inmates on parole. What approach would you take? Provide a rationale for your choice. What community services would help your offenders?

What are imprisonment's effects on families and communities? Do you believe the argument that taking offenders from a community actually decreases the informal social control in those neighborhoods?