Title

Controlling A Jail Population By Partially Closing The Front Door: An Evaluation Of A “Summons In Lieu Of Arrest” Policy

Keywords

alternatives to arrest; jails; overcrowding; summons

Abstract

This study reports on an evaluation of a strategy designed to reduce crowding of a county jail. The local judiciary sought to reduce the jail population by ordering local police agencies to issue a summons rather than arrest individuals accused of seven misdemeanor offenses. The study compares all cases booked during the first 8 months of the policy with all cases booked during the same months in the previous year. The results indicate that the policy was implemented, that it did reduce the intake population, and that there were minimal side effects; however, the potential impact was considerably overestimated in the planning stage. © 2006, Sage Publications. All rights reserved.

Publication Date

1-1-2006

Publication Title

The Prison Journal

Volume

86

Issue

3

Number of Pages

386-402

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1177/0032885506291036

Socpus ID

33746838780 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/33746838780

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