The Causes and Consequences of Prison Growth in the United States

Punishment & Society

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 9-20

  Mauer, Marc ^a  

^a The Sentencing Project   (United States)

Author keywords

crime and incarceration; prison growth; reform strategies; sentencing policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993775959     PISSN: 14624745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/14624740122228212     Document Type: Article

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