Prison commitments, crime, and unemployment: A theoretical and empirical specification for the United States, 1933-1985

Journal of Quantitative Criminology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1991, Pages 155-199

  Cappell, Charles L ^a   Sykes, Gresham ^b  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

crime; imprisonment and unemployment; structural equations; time series

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000680196     PISSN: 07484518     EISSN: 15737799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01268628     Document Type: Article

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