How should inmates be released from prison? An assessment of parole versus fixed-sentence regimes

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 128, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 371-424

  Kuziemko, Ilyana ^a  

^a NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRIME; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL JUSTICE;

EID: 84873572705     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: 15314650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qje/qjs052     Document Type: Article

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