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World Prison Population: Facts, Trends and Solutions

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Criminal Victimisation in Seventeen Industrialised Countries. Key findings from the 2000 International Crime Victims Survey

TL;DR: The International Crime Victimization Survey (ICVS) as mentioned in this paper is the most far-reaching program of fully standardised sample surveys looking at householders' experience of crime in different countries.
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Why Are U.S. Incarceration Rates So High

Michael Tonry
- 01 Oct 1999 - 
TL;DR: Most explanations of the unprecedented increase in American incarceration rates are inadequate as discussed by the authors, and crime rate increases, more punitive public attitudes, postmodernist angst, and cynical politics are all only part of the explanation.