This month, Frank J. Porporino, Ph.D., shares highlights from responses he prepared to interview questions focusing on the efficacy of prison vs. probation. Question 1 In one of your keynote speeches to the World Congress on Probation, you argued that reliance on incarceration is cost-ineffective and that probation can lower the cost of criminal justice. Can you share some of the data on this? What are the economic and cost-efficiency benefits of probation sanctions instead of custodial sanctions?FP: If we look at just basic cost estimates of imprisonment vs. probation … it’s like comparing the size of a grapefruit vs. a grape … in the U.S., for example, the cost of incarcerating … [Read more...] about Prison vs. Probation…Which Is More Effective?