Assessing the impact of imprisonment on recidivism

Journal of Experimental Criminology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 71-101

  Bales, William D ^a   Piquero, Alex R ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Imprisonment; Matching; Recidivism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856958485     PISSN: 15733750     EISSN: 15728315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11292-011-9139-3     Document Type: Article

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