1st Edition

Justice Reinvestment Can the Criminal Justice System Deliver More for Less?

By Chris Fox, Kevin Albertson, Kevin Wong Copyright 2013
256 Pages 13 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

256 Pages 13 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

256 Pages 13 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Rising prison numbers on both sides of the Atlantic are cause for concern. Justice Reinvestment is a major movement in criminal justice reform in the US that is also attracting lots of interest in the UK. Justice Reinvestment is an approach to addressing the penal crisis that uses the best available evidence to re-direct resources to more effective rehabilitation of offenders and better... Read more

1. Introduction, 2. Rising prison numbers: the key challenge for criminal justice policy, 3. Justice Reinvestment overview, 4. A new approach to criminal justice policy, 5. Justice mapping, 6. Justice Reinvestment and evidence-based policy, 7. The economics of criminal justice policy, 8. New ways of financing criminal justice interventions: Payment by results and Social Impact Bonds, 9. Conclusion.

Biography

Chris Fox is Professor of Evaluation, Manchester Metropolitan University.

Kevin Albertson is Principal Lecturer in Economics, Manchester Metropolitan University.

Kevin Wong is Deputy Director, Hallam Centre for Community Justice.

"This book provides a timely overview of the success, or otherwise, of JR (justice reinvestment) approaches as we near a new general election and the end of a political cycle… The authors are particularly strong on the application of economics in JR, emphasising the social justice aspirations of the movement as opposed to a narrower economics-based criminology informed by Rational Choice theory."Andrew Neilson, Director of Campaigns, the Howard League for Penal Reform