%0 Journal Article
%T The Impact of Prison Growth on Homicide
%J Homicide studies
%D 1997
%A Marvell, T. B.
%A Moody, Carlisle E.
%V 1
%N 3
%P 205-233
%X 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 />
%G 
%I SAGE Publishing
%@ 1088-7679
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1088767997001003002