Jody L. Sundt

TL;DR: In a 1998 statewide survey of Tennessee residents, the respondents indicated that rehabilitation should be an integral goal of the juvenile correctional system, and they also endorsed a range of community-based treatment interventions and favored early intervention programs over imprisonment as a response to crime as discussed by the authors.

TL;DR: This paper found that support for three-strikes laws is high when citizens are asked broad single-item questions, but diminishes greatly when presented with specific situations covered under the law, and that the public appears willing to make exceptions to the law.

TL;DR: This article examined the effect of drug court programming on multiple indicators of recidivism and found that the drug court treatment group did perform better when examining arrest for a drug-related offense.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the effect of supermaxes on aggregate levels of violence in three prison systems using a multiple interrupted time series design, and mixed support was found for the hypothesis that supermax increases staff safety: the implementation of a supermax had no effect on levels of inrnate-onstaff assaults in Minnesota, temporarily increased staff injuries in Arizona, and reduced assaults against staff in Illinois.

TL;DR: This paper found that the public continues to view treatment as a legitimate correctional objective, especially for juvenile and non-violent offenders, even as the campaign to get tough on crime has grown in strength.