On the politics of imprisonments: A review of systematic findings

Annual Review of Law and Social Science

Volumn 6, Issue , 2010, Pages 129-149

  Jacobs, David ^a   Jackson, Aubrey L ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparative penal policy; Law; Order; Partisanship and imprisonments; Race; Racial politics

Indexed keywords

EID: 78049446159     PISSN: 15503585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-lawsocsci-102209-152933     Document Type: Review

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