A Test of Social Stress Theory As Applied to the Study of Imprisonment Rates

The Prison Journal

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 426-441

  Selke, William L ^a   Andersson, Steen A ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

imprisonment rates; prison costs; regression analysis; social stress theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247448470     PISSN: 00328855     EISSN: 15527522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0032885503260177     Document Type: Article

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