Category: Working Papers

Working papers feature new research from La Follette School faculty members. These pre-publication versions of academic articles, book chapters, and other publications are in various stages of completion, offering insight into our current research before it is published in peer-reviewed outlets.

Statewide Expansion of Treatment Alternatives to Incarceration in Wisconsin: A Cost Benefit Analysis

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The authors predict the costs and benefits of expanding programs that provide drug and alcohol treatment and diversion from incarceration for non-violent criminal offenders in Wisconsin, which can alleviate overcrowding in corrections facilities and ease budget constraints.