Intensive Probation Supervision: Cost-Savings Relative to Incarceration

PEMD-93-22 Published: Jun 04, 1993. Publicly Released: Jul 13, 1993.

Highlights

GAO evaluated Arizona's intensive probation supervision program (IPS), focusing on: (1) IPS effectiveness in controlling criminal behavior; and (2) whether IPS is a cost-saving alternative to incarceration.

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Justice and Law Enforcement

Comparative analysisCorrectional facilitiesImprisonmentCost controlCrime preventionCrimesMonitoringOffender rehabilitationParolePrisonersRecidivismProbation