Mass Incarceration, Macrosociology, and the Poor

Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science

Volumn 647, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 166-189

  Western, Bruce ^a   Muller, Christopher ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

incarceration; macrosciology; poverty; racial inequality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875975781     PISSN: 00027162     EISSN: 15523349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002716213475421     Document Type: Article

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