Spokane needs better track with repeat offenders
By Shawn Vestal
Published in The Spokesman Review on July 24, 2013
“An analysis by Smart Justice Spokane, a group that advocates for a wide range of systematic reforms in the justice system, argues that community courts save money and reduce recidivism; it cites research showing that a model program in Seattle had a dramatic impact. A group of chronic offenders who went through Seattle Community Court program committed fewer repeat felonies than those who went through the regular court system.”