The effect of prison population size on crime rates: Evidence from prison overcrowding litigation

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 318-351

  Levitt, Steven D ^a  

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EID: 0039863974     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2946681     Document Type: Article

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