FEDERALISM, POLICY, AND INNOVATION IN CORRECTIONS |
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| Authors: | Charles M. Gray Virginia Gray Bruce Williams |
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| Affiliation: | CHARLES M. GRAY is Assistant Professor of Economics at the College of St. Thomas. He has worked for the Federal Reserve System and for the Minnesota Crime Control Planning Board. He has contributed to Evaluation Quarterly, and The Costs of Crime;. VIRGINIA GRAY is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Minnesota, She has published several articles on the policy process in state politics. Recent books include: Criminal Justice, Policy in Context, and Determinants of Public Policy;. BRUCE A. WILLIAMS is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Pennsylvania State University. In addition to articles on criminal justice, he recently co-authored Criminal Justice: Policy in Context;. |
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| Abstract: | State governments have historically dominated corrections policy, with little federal intervention. But over the past two decades, the trend has been toward "nationalizing" corrections policy, with less interstate variation and more federal standards, through the Safe Streets Act and other legislation. As federal funding declines, it may be expected that there will be a hiatus in state corrections reform, though national standards may survive if the federal courts continue to require state correctional systems to comply with federal laws previously implemented. |
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