Tipping the Scales of Justice:The Effect of Overincarceration on Neighborhood Violence

Criminal Justice Policy Review

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 362-379

  Renauer, Brian C ^a   Cunningham, Wm Scott ^a   Feyerherm, Bill ^a   O’connor, Tom ^b   Bellatty, Paul ^b  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Oregon Department of Corrections   (United States)

Author keywords

incarceration; neighborhoods; prisoner reentry

Indexed keywords

EID: 51249131563     PISSN: 08874034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0887403406286488     Document Type: Article

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