Beating a dead horse: is there any basic empirical evidence for the deterrent effect of imprisonment?

Crime has declined over the past several years, renewing the belief that punishments such as imprisonment are useful mechanisms for deterring criminal activity. This article assesses this claim by examining data on U.S. crime and imprisonment trends from 1972 through 1993, a period that saw a contin...

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Autor principal: Lynch, Michael J. (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Electrónico Artículo
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 1999
En: Crime, law and social change
Año: 1999, Volumen: 31, Número: 4, Páginas: 347-362
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