The location of women's prisons and the deterrence effect of "harder" time

International Review of Law and Economics

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 147-167

  Bedard, Kelly ^a   Helland, Eric ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CLAREMONT MCKENNA COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Deterrence; Economics of crime; Prison; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 7244239278     PISSN: 01448188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.irle.2004.08.002     Document Type: Article

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