Could economics solve the prison crisis?

Probation Journal

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 263-280

  Fox, Chris ^a   Albertson, Kevin ^a  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

criminal justice policy; economics; efficiency; sentencing Introduction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84996258938     PISSN: 02645505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0264550510379883     Document Type: Article

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