How Efficient Is Severe Punishment, Or: More Punishment, Less Crime?
The article aims to answer the question of to what extent harsh punishments can help decrease crime rates. The analysis of data showing a correlation between crime rates and imprisonment rates in the USAindicates that, with regard to crime prevention, the severity of punishment plays only a minor ro...
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| Language: | English |
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Instytut Nauk Prawnych PAN
2008-01-01
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| Series: | Archiwum Kryminologii |
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| Online Access: | http://czasopisma.inp.pan.pl/index.php/ak/article/view/245 |