State prison populations and their growth, 1971-1991

David F. Greenberg; Valerie West

doi:10.1111/j.1745-9125.2001.tb00935.x

State prison populations and their growth, 1971-1991

David F. Greenberg, Valerie West

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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.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	615-654
Number of pages	40
Journal	Criminology
Volume	39
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1745-9125.2001.tb00935.x
State	Published - Aug 2001

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