Friday, January 29, 2010

"When Brute Force Fails" (listen)

Crime may be down, but punish-ment remains a significant issue. It is compounded by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s urging to privatize prisons. Nationally, one in every 100 men in the U.S. is incarcerated — the highest number in our history and the highest percentage of any country in the world.

What’s at the root of this problem, and what are the most cost effective means of fixing it? Author Mark Kleiman joins Patt Morrison with his book When Brute Force Fails.

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Mark A.R. Kleiman (Against Excess: Drug Policy for Results & Marijuana: Costs of Abuse, Costs of Control) is professor of public policy at UCLA.

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