We thank Amanda Agan and Xiangrong Yu for outstanding research assistance. Four anonymous reviewers as well as Senior Editors Richard Rosenfeld and Lawrence Sherman have provided very helpful suggestions on a previous draft. Direct correspondence to Steven N. Durlauf, Department of Economics, University of Wisconsin—Madison, 1180 Observatory Drive, Madison, WI 53706 (e-mail: sdurlauf@ssc.wisc.edu); Daniel S. Nagin, Heinz College, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15206 (e-mail: dno3@andrew.cmu.edu).
RESEARCH ARTICLE
Imprisonment and crime
Can both be reduced?
Article first published online: 26 JAN 2011
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-9133.2010.00680.x
© 2011 American Society of Criminology
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Durlauf, S. N. and Nagin, D. S. (2011), Imprisonment and crime. Criminology & Public Policy, 10: 13–54. doi: 10.1111/j.1745-9133.2010.00680.x
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