@article{ref1,
title="The Impact of Prison Growth on Homicide",
journal="Homicide studies",
year="1997",
author="Marvell, T. B. and Moody, Carlisle E.",
volume="1",
number="3",
pages="205-233",
abstract="The major crime-reduction strategy in this country is to imprison more and more criminals. Past studies of its effectiveness in reducing homicide have produced wildly divergent results. The authors analyze the homicide-prison relationship with a time series over 1930-1994, finding that a 10% increase in prison population is associated with roughly 13% fewer homicides. The authors also studied assault and robbery, two crime types linked to homicide, and again found negative associations with prison population.<p />",
language="",
issn="1088-7679",
doi="10.1177/1088767997001003002",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1088767997001003002"
}