Research note: A state-level analysis of sentencing policies and inmate crowding in state prisons

Crime and Delinquency

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 456-466

  Wooldredge, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

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EID: 0039932189     PISSN: 00111287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0011128796042003007     Document Type: Article

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