Prison population growth and crime reduction

Journal of Quantitative Criminology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1994, Pages 109-140

  Marvell, Thomas B ^a   Moody Jr , Carlisle E ^b  

^a Justec Research   (United States)

^b Dept of Economics and Thomas Jefferson Program in Public Policy at the College of William and Mary   (United States)

Author keywords

causality tests; crime control; incapacitation impact; lambda; prison population

Indexed keywords

EID: 34047167194     PISSN: 07484518     EISSN: 15737799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02221155     Document Type: Article

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