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FEDERALISM, POLICY, AND INNOVATION IN CORRECTIONS
Author(s) -
Gray Charles M.,
Gray Virginia,
Williams Bruce
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
review of policy research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.832
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1541-1338
pISSN - 1541-132X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1541-1338.1981.tb00412.x
Subject(s) - federalism , legislation , state (computer science) , public administration , intervention (counseling) , federal state , political science , economics , public economics , law , politics , psychology , algorithm , psychiatry , computer science
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.