Impact of Sentencing Reforms and Speedy Trial Laws in the United States, 1969-1989

The certainty and promptness of punishment have long been hypothesized to be important variables in deterring crime. This data collection evaluates whether sentencing reforms to enhance certainty of punishment and speedy trial laws to enhance promptness of punishment affected crime rates, prison adm...

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1. VerfasserIn: Marvell, Thomas B. (VerfasserIn)
Beteiligte: Moody, Carlisle E. Jr (MitwirkendeR)
Medienart: Elektronisch Forschungsdaten
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: [Erscheinungsort nicht ermittelbar] [Verlag nicht ermittelbar] 1992
In:Jahr: 1992
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Schlagwörter:
Crime rates
Deterrence
inmate populations
Prisons
Punishment
Sentencing
sentencing reforms
Trials
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Zusammenfassung:The certainty and promptness of punishment have long been hypothesized to be important variables in deterring crime. This data collection evaluates whether sentencing reforms to enhance certainty of punishment and speedy trial laws to enhance promptness of punishment affected crime rates, prison admissions, and prison populations. Variables include state, year, crime reports, economic conditions, population (including age structure), prison population, prison releases, and prison admissions. The unit of observation is the state by the year.
DOI:10.3886/ICPSR09736.v1