How damaging is imprisonment in the long-term? A controlled experiment comparing long-term effects of community service and short custodial sentences on re-offending and social integration

Journal of Experimental Criminology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 115-130

  Killias, Martin ^a   Gilliéron, Gwladys ^a   Villard, Françoise ^b   Poglia, Clara ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Community service; Randomized trial; Re offending; Short term imprisonment; Social integration

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953028665     PISSN: 15733750     EISSN: 15728315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11292-010-9093-5     Document Type: Article

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