Why Are U.S. incarceration rates so high?

Crime and Delinquency

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 419-437

  Tonry, Michael ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

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EID: 22844455981     PISSN: 00111287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0011128799045004001     Document Type: Article

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