How much crime reduction does the marginal prisoner buy?

Journal of Law and Economics

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 275-310

  Johnson, Rucker ^a   Raphael, Steven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 84870157983     PISSN: 00222186     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/664073     Document Type: Article

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