SACPA COST ANALYSIS REPORT
March 13, 2006 SACPA COST ANALYSIS REPORT (First and Second Years) The California Substance Abuse and Crime Prevention Act of 2000 (SACPA) requires that an offender convicted of a nonviolent, drugrelated crime be offered probation and community-based drug treatment in lieu of jail or prison. UCLA conducted three studies assessing the cost implications and benefit/cost ratios of SACPA. Each showed that SACPA yielded cost savings to state and local governments. Study 1, using a before SACPA comparison group and all first-year SACPA eligible offenders, found a net savings of $2,861 per offender (N=61,609), yielding . . .
