Comparing state- Versus facility-level effects on crowding in U.S. correctional facilities

Crime and Delinquency

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 259-290

  Steiner, Benjamin ^a   Wooldredge, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Correctional facilities; Prison; Prison crowding; Sentencing policies

Indexed keywords

EID: 40849086552     PISSN: 00111287     EISSN: 1552387X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0011128706296963     Document Type: Article

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