A bigger piece of the pie? State corrections spending and the politics of social order

Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 91-123

  Stucky, Thomas D ^a   Heimer, Karen ^b   Lang, Joseph B ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Corrections; Politics; Racial threat; Social order

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIME; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ELECTION; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; MALE; POLITICAL SYSTEM; PRISON; PUNISHMENT;

EID: 33845986744     PISSN: 00224278     EISSN: 1552731X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022427806295617     Document Type: Article

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