Federal Alternative-to-Incarceration Court Programs

This Federal Alternative-to-Incarceration Court Programs publication summarizes the nature of these emerging federal alternative-to-incarceration court programs and will highlight several legal and social science issues relating to them.

I. Introduction

II. The Development of Alternative-to-Incarceration Court Programs During the Last Three Decades Definitions

Alternative-to-Incarceration Programs in the State Courts Alternative-to-Incarceration Programs in the Federal Courts

III. The Operation of Alternative-to-Incarceration Court Programs Within the Current Legal Framework of Federal Sentencing

Overview of the Sentencing Reform Act of 1984

Federal Alternative-to-Incarceration Court Programs in Light of Booker and its Progeny

IV. Social Science Questions Concerning Federal Alternative-toIncarceration Court Programs

Use of Social Science in Designing and Evaluating Federal Alternative-to-Incarceration Court Programs

Evaluation of Federal Alternative-to-Incarceration Court Programs

Relevance of State Problem-Solving Court Evaluations

V. Conclusion

VI. Endnotes

VII. Appendix