When criminological theory seemed to be unable to find productive solutions to deterring crime and criminal behavior, it went right back to where it all started - the Classical School. Beginning in the 1980's, the "get tough on crime" policies sprang from what the Classical School and Positivist had originally posited - crime is the result of individual actors exercising rational choice, or as the result of organic anomalies or psychological defects. Thus, the short answer to the crime wave perception was incarceration. Consequently, over the past four decades, America experienced an imprisonment binge that resulted in the highest rate of incarceration in the world.

QUESTION: Discuss why the "imprisonment binge" is now changing. Identify and discuss an example of a conservative alternative to incarceration.

Must be at least 200 words