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Alternative Sentencing Policies for Drug Offenders: Evaluating the Effectiveness of Kansas Senate Bill 123, Executive Summary Don Stemen, Andres F. Rengifo 238013 March 2012 2006-IJ-CX-4032

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Alternative Sentencing Policies for Drug Offenders: Evaluating the Effectiveness of Kansas Senate Bill 123
Final Report to the National Institute of Justice Grant No: 2006-IJ-CX-4032

Don Stemen, Principal Investigator Loyola University Chicago Andres F. Rengifo, Principal Investigator University of Missouri, Saint Louis

March 2012

Executive Summary for National Institute of Justice Grant No: 2006-IJ-CX-4032

This document is a research report submitted to the U.S. Department of Justice. This report has not been published by the Department. Opinions or points of view expressed are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the official position or policies of the U.S. Department of Justice.

Executive Summary
As state incarceration rates continued to surge through the late 1990s, policymakers encountered growing fiscal constraints and social scrutiny that weakened

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