Prison commitments, crime, and unemployment: A theoretical and empirical specification for the United States, 1933–1985
This paper examines sources for the changing commitment rates to U.S. state prisons (PCR) from 1933 to 1985 using a variety of time-series techniques. Theoretically, it resolves ambiguous interpretations of how crime, unemployment, and imprisonment are related. Hypotheses that crime and punishment a...
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| Language: | English |
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1991
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Journal of quantitative criminology
Year: 1991, Volume: 7, Issue: 2, Pages: 155-199 |
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