Determinants of Intercountry Prison Incarceration Rates and Overcrowding in Latin America and the Caribbean

Research on prison population rates and prison overcrowding has largely been limited to U.S. populations. While these studies offer valuable insight into the broader-level factors affecting rates of imprisonment, along with correlates associated with pervasive levels of crowding, less is known about...

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Authors: Limoncelli, Katherine E. (Author) ; Mellow, Jeff (Author) ; Na, Chongmin (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2020
In: International criminal justice review
Year: 2020, Volume: 30, Issue: 1, Pages: 10-29
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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Keywords:
Government effectiveness
Incarceration
International
Political stability
Prison overcrowding