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After Rockefeller: Research Findings on the Statewide Impact of Judicial Diversion
Category: Government & Organizations
Duration: 00:09:43
Publish Date: 2013-05-22 02:05:03
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Shannon M. Carey of NPC Research discusses the impact of the Rockefeller Drug Law Reform, which in 2009 eliminated New York's mandatory prison sentences for most felony drug offenders. According to a study she co-authored, court-ordered treatment enrollment after the reform was implemented in 2009 increased by 77 percent. Also, the study estimated that there would be a potential $2 of newly available resources after five years for every taxpayer dollar invested.

May 2013
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