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. 2010;139(3):20-31.
doi: 10.1162/daed_a_00020.

Punishment's place: the local concentration of mass incarceration

Robert J Sampson, Charles Loeffler

Punishment's place: the local concentration of mass incarceration

Robert J Sampson et al. Daedalus. 2010.
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Imprisonment and Crime Trends in Chicago, 1990–2006
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Spatial Concentration of Incarceration in Chicago, 1990–1995
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Spatial Concentration of Incarceration in Chicago, 2000–2005
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Incarceration by Concentrated Disadvantage and Crime, 1995–2005
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    1. Clear Todd. Imprisoning Communities: How Mass Incarceration Makes Disadvantaged Neighborhoods Worse. New York: Oxford University Press; 2007.

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