Commentary on “The House That Crack Built”
John DiIulio
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Instant Replay: Three Strikes Was the Right Call
Instant Replay Three Strikes Was the Right Call John J. DiIulio, Jr. Jerome H. Skolnick’s essay on crime policy (“Wild Pitch: `Three Strikes, You’re Out’ And Other Bad Calls on Crime,” Spring 1994), omitted some important facts and ignored several valid arguments. Echoing the anti-incarceration consensus within criminology, Skolnick asserts that life without parole for […]
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Getting Prisons Straight
In the 1970s prison rehabilitation seemed destined for the conservatives’ trophy case of failed social programs. Now the evidence looks better: Some programs have beneficial effects on both the prisoners and the prisons.