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In little over a decade, the concept of justice reinvestment has captured the imagination of communities, the actors in the criminal justice system and legislatures alike in a range of Western countries. With its promise of reduced spending, decarceration and improved public safety, justice reinvestment emerged at a unique point in time as a reaction to mass incarceration. In the USA, and increasingly elsewhere, a combination of fiscal, political and societal conditions are favourable to the emergence of strategies of penal reduction, including justice reinvestment, to an extent not seen since the 1970s.
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© 2016 David Brown, Chris Cunneen, Melanie Schwartz, Julie Stubbs and Courtney Young
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Brown, D., Cunneen, C., Schwartz, M., Stubbs, J., Young, C. (2016). Justice Reinvestment: A Response to Mass Incarceration and Racial Disparity. In: Justice Reinvestment. Palgrave Studies in Prisons and Penology. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137449115_2
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