"Ex-Imprisoned Homicide Offenders: Once Bitten, Twice Shy?" The Effect of the Length of Imprisonment on Recidivism for Homicide Offenders

Homicide Studies

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 259-279

  Baay, Pieter E ^a   Liem, Marieke ^b   Nieuwbeerta, Paul ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

homicide offenders; length of imprisonment; nonviolent recidivism; The Netherlands; violent recidivism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863745494     PISSN: 10887679     EISSN: 15526720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1088767912450012     Document Type: Article

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