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Overview
Sensible Justice explores creative solutions some states and cities nationwide have devised to tackle America's expensive and controversial prison problem. Former Wall Street Journal and New York Times editor David Anderson spent a year touring the world of "alternative sanctions" that substitute for prison, including work to repay the community or earn restitution for victims; house arrest under high-tech electronic supervision; the military routine of correctional "boot camps;" and counseling for drug addicts and sex offenders. Alternative sanctions - some thriving quietly even in conservative states where headlines feature harsh law-and-order rhetoric - are demonstrating that rehabilitation works, while saving taxpayers millions of dollars. Just as importantly, Anderson writes, by reinforcing an ethical society's basic values, these programs allow communities to make sense of criminal justice.A journalist and former editor for the "Wall Street Journal" and "New York Times" spent a year researching the alternative sanctions that US cities and states have imposed on convicts in order to relieve crowned prison space. He reports the benefits and drawbacks of electronic surveillance and house arrest, military-style boot camps, drug and sex offender treatment, restitution to crime victims, and community service. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
Synopsis
A journalist and former editor for the "Wall Street Journal" and "New York Times" spent a year researching the alternative sanctions that US cities and states have imposed on convicts in order to relieve crowned prison space. He reports the benefits and drawbacks of electronic surveillance and house arrest, military-style boot camps, drug and sex offender treatment, restitution to crime victims, and community service. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.