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Maximum Impact: Targeting Supervision on Higher-Risk People, Places and Times

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Maximum Impact: Targeting Supervision on Higher-Risk People, Places and Times

Pew Charitable Trusts. Pew Center on the States. Public Safety Performance Project (Washington, DC)

Published 2009. 7 pages.

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This brief explains how "a new strategy of targeted community corrections can help cut the massive and still rising parole and probation rolls, while at the same time saving money and reducing crime" (p. 2). Topics covered include: frontload resources -- targeting supervision at higher-risk times; impact players -- targeting supervision at higher-risk offenders; location matters -- targeting supervision on higher-risk places; and offender concentration allows focused caseloads. Accession Number: 023888

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