Punishment and Crime: An Examination of Some Empirical Evidence
- 1 October 1970
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Social Problems
- Vol. 18 (2), 200-217
- https://doi.org/10.2307/799582
Abstract
Data from National Prisoner Statistics and Uniform Crime Reports are used to re-examine the relationship between rates of crime and the certainty andKeywords
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