Since the 1980s, Pennsylvanias prison population has increased sixfold due in part to mandatory minimum sentencing laws. ...there is little evidence that mandatory minimums actually have any crime-reducing effect. Last year, a study by Northwestern University Law School concluded that decades of empirical research … have established that policies [such as enhanced prison terms] rooted in the deterrence theory framework … have been shown to have little empirical support. The study also found that mandatory minimums had no detectable effect on violent-crime rates in Florida, Massachusetts, Michigan and Virginia. post-gazette/opinion/2014/12/17/End-mandatory-minimum-sentences-in-Pennsylvania/stories/201412170033
Posted on: Wed, 17 Dec 2014 17:28:00 +0000
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