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Fact Sheet: Testing the Cost Savings of Judicial Diversion

Apr 22, 2013

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This fact sheet summarizes a study of the impact of Rockefeller Drug Law Reform on judicial diversion. The study found that the new law increased court-ordered treatment participation (although precise effects varied widely by county), reduced incarceration and recidivism among those treated, and increased savings.