Inter-Party Competition, Public Electoral Pressure, and Democratic Strength: Refining Political Explanations of Incarceration Trends in the U.S., 1980 – 2010

The purpose of this research is to advance the politics of mass imprisonment literature by testing and specifying the macro-explanations of the state-level incarceration change in the United States (U.S.) between 1980 and 2010. Specifically, I account for mechanisms of inter-party competition and pu...

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Main Author: Vasiliev, Pavel V. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2023
In: Criminal justice review
Year: 2023, Volume: 48, Issue: 2, Pages: 168-186
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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Keywords:
Penal Populism
Race
Crime Policy
Incarceration