The labor market consequences of incarceration

Crime and Delinquency

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 410-427

  Western, Bruce ^a   Kling, Jeffrey R ^b   Weiman, David F ^c  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Russell Sage Foundation   (New Zealand)

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EID: 23044525741     PISSN: 00111287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0011128701047003007     Document Type: Article

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