The impact of the 2008 economic crisis on imprisonment in Europe

We explore how the worldwide economic downturn of the early 2000s affected imprisonment rates across Europe. We test three hypotheses: (i) the recession caused an increase in incarceration rates directly, regulating the excess in labour supply; (ii) it did it indirectly, by affecting crime; (iii) it...

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Authors: Rodríguez Menés, Jorge (Author) ; López-Riba, José M. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2020
In: European journal of criminology
Year: 2020, Volume: 17, Issue: 6, Pages: 845-876
Online Access: Volltext (Resolving-System)
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Keywords:
Economic Crisis
Imprisonment
Penal policies
Social policies