The effects of high imprisonment rates on communities

Crime and Justice

Volumn 37, Issue , 2008, Pages 97-132

  Clear, Todd R ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

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EID: 52949100607     PISSN: 01923234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1086/522360     Document Type: Article

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