“Although there’s widespread consensus among experts that spending time in prison “might be exacerbating the crime problem rather than easing it,” few authorities at the state or federal levels appear willing to risk the political problems that might accompany transformative change, argued Andrew W. Leipold, Edwin M. Adams Professor at the University of Illinois College of Law, in a recent article in the American Criminal Law Review. That, he suggested, should make us skeptical about the expectations raised by the reformers’ rhetoric.“

The Crime Report

August 23, 2019