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STATE PRISON POPULATIONS AND THEIR GROWTH, 1971–1991 *
Author(s) -
GREENBERG DAVID F.,
WEST VALERIE
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
criminology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.467
H-Index - 139
eISSN - 1745-9125
pISSN - 0011-1384
DOI - 10.1111/j.1745-9125.2001.tb00935.x
Subject(s) - imprisonment , prison , state (computer science) , politics , criminology , sociology , demographic economics , demography , political science , economics , law , mathematics , algorithm
We extend earlier analyses of the factors that explain differences among the U.S. states in imprisonment rates by demonstrating the importance of state culture and political arrangements to the explanation of imprisonment rates, and growth in those rates, for the years 1971–1991.