The first is from a financial standpoint whereby, the increasing costs of incarceration cause individual taxes to rise, and correspondingly, if alternative treatments can prove both cost-effective and divert individuals away from subsequent criminal acts, the public can see a lower financial cost. The second is a gain of societal aspect due to alternatives to incarceration which allow for offenders to become a more integrated and thereby contributing member of society. If some of the underlying causes of incarceration: low education, low unemployment, low social skills, drug/alcohol abuse are addressed, then society will benefit by having a more educated, self-sufficient, law abiding citizen. This will also help to address issues of public safety whereby fewer subsequent crimes would be committed by those successful program
The first is from a financial standpoint whereby, the increasing costs of incarceration cause individual taxes to rise, and correspondingly, if alternative treatments can prove both cost-effective and divert individuals away from subsequent criminal acts, the public can see a lower financial cost. The second is a gain of societal aspect due to alternatives to incarceration which allow for offenders to become a more integrated and thereby contributing member of society. If some of the underlying causes of incarceration: low education, low unemployment, low social skills, drug/alcohol abuse are addressed, then society will benefit by having a more educated, self-sufficient, law abiding citizen. This will also help to address issues of public safety whereby fewer subsequent crimes would be committed by those successful program