Mass Incarceration in Arizona Social Cultural and Legislative History
on this logic that if jails were effective at reducing crime, there’d be fewer criminals. However, “recent studies show that even short stays in jail can spur a significant increase in a person’s likelihood to reoffend, while longer detentions correlate with even greater odds of recidivism” (Rizer & Haggerty, 2017). Part of this is in connection with how flawed and unjust the system is: the bulk of people currently in jail in Arizona haven’t even been convicted. While rates of crime in Arizona are exceedingly high, the rate of reoffending is up 65 percent or higher: this is a big red… Continue Reading...
