Can early release both reduce prison costs and increase deterrence?

DOI10.1016/J.ECONLET.2015.07.034MaRDI QIDQ1663959zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Derek Pyne

Publication date 24 August 2018

Published in Economics Letters (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2015.07.034

zbMATH Keywords

crimeearly releaseprison costs

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Mathematical sociology (including anthropology) (91D99)

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