Crime, police, and truth-in-sentencing: The impact of state sentencing policy on local communities

Regional Science and Urban Economics

Volumn 42, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 144-152

  Ross, Amanda ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Economics of crime; Intergovernmental grants; Police; Spatial differencing; Truth in Sentencing

Indexed keywords

CRIME; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; MIGRATION; POLICE FORCE; URBAN AREA;

EID: 80052866058     PISSN: 01660462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2011.08.009     Document Type: Article

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