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Mark A.R. Kleiman, Angela Hawken, & Ross Halperin

Mark Kleiman is professor of public policy at the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs; in July he will move to the Marron Institute at New York University. He is the author of When Brute Force Fails: How to Have Less Crime and Less Punishment.

Angela Hawken is associate professor of economics and policy analysis and the James Q. Wilson Fellow at the School of Public Policy at Pepperdine University. She has studied the effects of mandated drug treatment and swift-certain-fair community-corrections programs on offender outcomes.

Ross Halperin is a project manager with BOTEC Analysis, where he works on operational plans for graduated re-entry programs.

Latest articles by Mark A.R. Kleiman, Angela Hawken, & Ross Halperin

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A new plan for reducing the incarcerated population — and helping offenders transition to life on the outside.

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