The Effect of Mass Incarceration on Criminality in Colombia
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The authors surveyed the literature on the expected and unexpected effects of incarceration before, during, and after confinement in the US, and found that incarceration can have negative effects before and after incarceration.Abstract:
This study surveyed the literature on the expected and unexpected effects of incarceration before ('deterrence'), during ('incapacitation'), and after ('after-effects') prison confinement occurs, t...read more
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Understanding Why Crime Fell in the 1990s: Four Factors that Explain the Decline and Six that Do Not
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Incarceration, social capital, and crime: implications for social disorganization theory*
Dina R. Rose,Todd R. Clear +1 more
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TL;DR: In this article, the effects of hot spots policing and crime were investigated and Meta-analyses were used to determine the size, direction, and statistical significance of the overall impact of hot-spaces policing strategies on crime.