Seeking Middle Ground: Can PolicyMakers Find an Answer to the Spiraling Costs of Corrections?

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Author(s)

• Higgins, Gordon

Source(s)

• Montana Legislative Services Division (Helena, MT)
• Montana Legislature. Correctional Standards and Oversight Committee (Helena, MT)

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Published 1998. 9 pages.

Related Topics

• Crime cost (Justice System)
• Montana
• Parole (Offender Management)
• Prisons (Offender Management)
• Rehabilitation (Offender Services)
• Sentencing options (Justice System)

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