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Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

“Alternatives” to Punishment and Social Inequality

Awarded External Scholars
Mary Ellen Stitt
University at Albany, State University of New York
Gabriela Kirk
Syracuse University
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Award Amount:
$30,000
Summary

To reduce the social and financial costs of incarceration, many criminal jurisdictions are mandating justice-involved individuals to substance and mental health treatment, electronic monitoring, community service, and educational programming. Sociologists Mary Ellen Stitt and Gabriela Kirk will will examine the impacts of mandatory alternative-to-incarceration interventions on well-being and on social inequality. They will conduct in-depth interviews for their study.

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