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Fight Crime and Save Money: Development of an Investment Tool for States to Study Sentencing and Corrections Public Policy Options — Progress Report

Can knowledge about “what works” to reduce crime be used to help a state achieve a win-win outcome of: (1) lower crime, and (2) lower taxpayer spending? This progress report describes the work underway by the Washington State Institute for Public Policy (WSIPP) to develop an analytical tool for Washington, and perhaps other states, to identify evidence-based policy options to reduce crime rates and lower the taxpayer costs of the criminal justice system.

Available online

http://www.wsipp.wa.gov/

Author(s)

Steve Aos, Elizabeth Drake

Date

April 2010

State

Washington

Publisher

Washington State Institute for Public Policy