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Incapacitation : penal confinement and the restraint of crime /

The one, sure way that imprisonment prevents crime is by restraining offenders from committing crimes while they are locked up. Called "incapacitation" by experts in criminology, this effect has become the dominant justification for imprisonment in the United States, where well over a mill...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Zimring, Franklin E.
Other Authors: Hawkins, Gordon, 1919-2004
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 1995.
Series:Studies in crime and public policy.
Earl Warren Legal Institute study.
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Online Access:Texto completo