Specifying the Relationship Between Crime and Prisons

There is no scholarly consensus as to the proper functional form of the crime equation, particularly with regard to one critical, explanatory variable—prison population. The critical questions are whether crime and prison rates must be differenced, whether they are cointegrated, and whether they are...

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Autor principal: Spelman, William (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Electrónico Artículo
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2008
En: Journal of quantitative criminology
Año: 2008, Volumen: 24, Número: 2, Páginas: 149-178
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