Criminal recidivism after prison and electronic monitoring

Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 28-73

  Di Tella, Rafael ^a   Schargrodsky, Ernesto ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD TORCUATO DI TELLA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; CRIME; IDEOLOGY; MONITORING SYSTEM;

ARGENTINA;

EID: 84875680550     PISSN: 00223808     EISSN: 1537534X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/669786     Document Type: Article

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