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Related name

• Petersilia, Joan [Browse]
• Weisberg, Robert [Browse]
• Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [Browse]

Series

ICPSR ; 34939 [More in this series]

Restrictions note

AVAILABLE. This study is freely available to the general public.

Summary note

These data are part of NACJD's Fast Track Release and are distributed as they there received from the data depositor. The files have been zipped by NACJD for release, but not checked or processed except of the removal of direct identifiers. Users should refer to the accompany readme file for a brief description of the files available with this collections and consult the investigator(s) if further information is needed. The California correctional system underwent a dramatic transformation under California's Public Safety Realignment Act (AB 109) in 2011, a law that shifted from the state to the counties the responsibility for monitoring, tracking, and incarcerating lower level offenders previously bound for state prison. Realignment, therefore, presents the opportunity to witness 58 natural experiments in the downsizing of prisons. Counties faced different types of offenders, implemented different programs in different community and jail environments, and adopted differing sanctioning policies. This study examines the California's Public Safety Realignment Act's effect on counties' criminal justice institutions, including the disparities that result in charging, sentencing, and resource decisions. Cf: http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR34939

Notes

Title from ICPSR DDI metadata of 2017-04-03.

Type of data

Numeric

Geographic coverage

• California
• United States

Funding information

United States Department of Justice. Office of Justice Programs. National Institute of Justice 2012-IJ-CX-0002

System details

Mode of access: Intranet.

Methodology note

California counties. Police, sheriffs, judges, prosecutors, defense attorneys, probation and parole agents, victim advocates, offenders, and social service representatives in the criminal justice institutions in California.

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