Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Introduction
TPPF Mission:
Personal Responsibility, Free
Enterprise, Limited Government,
Private Property Rights
Favorably covered
in outlets such as:
Leadership of Governors
Recalling Reagan
2) Controlling Spending
Sanction
Restitution
Community Service
Pay Fine
Regular Probation
Treatment/Rehabilitation
Intensive Probation
Short Jail Term
Boot Camp
Work Release Facility
Prison Sentence Year or More
Percent Requesting
81.4%
75.7%
74.3%
68.6%
53.5%
43.7%
41.4%
40.0%
34.3%
7.1%
bring me
the man, I'll find
you the crime.
5) Accountability
6) Redemption
Empirical research by
Byron Johnson at
Baylor University has
shown many of the
most effective programs
for changing the mind
and heart have a faithbased component.
Texas Trend:
FBI Index
Crime Rate
Incarceration
Rate Per 100k
2005
4,857.1
681
2012
3,770.4
601
% Change
-22.4%
-11.7%
Problem-Solving Courts
Drug courts: 34% lower recidivism should focus on high-risk offenders who
would have gone to prison
Am erican Journal of
P sychiatry : less total
Strengthening Supervision
Incentive Funding
& Risk Assessment
CA, IL, AZ, TX & OH passed performancebased probation funding measures providing
departments with incentive funding for
fewer commitments, fewer new crimes, and
more restitution. AZ. measure led to 31%
fewer new crimes and 28% fewer
revocations.
Enable ex-offenders
to obtain provisional
occupational licenses
Provide protection
to employers from
negligent hiring lawsuits
Key Resources
Heritage Foundation
www.overcriminalized.com
Justice Fellowship
www.justicefellowship.org