Institutional anomie and cross-national differences in incarceration

Messner and Rosenfeld's (2007) institutional anomie theory (IAT) has mainly been applied by criminologists to explain crime rates at various aggregate levels. However, Messner and Rosenfeld also suggest that the same social and cultural forces that lead to high crime may explain differences in...

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Authors: Weiss, Douglas B. (Author) ; Santos, Mateus Rennó (Author) ; Testa, Alexander (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2020
In: Criminology
Year: 2020, Volume: 58, Issue: 3, Pages: 454-484
Online Access: Volltext (Resolving-System)
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Keywords:
Cross-national criminology
Incarceration rates
Institutional anomie