STUDY: IMPACT OF PRISON GROWTH ON HOMICIDE
Date: May 12, 2006 4:29 PM
STUDY: IMPACT OF PRISON GROWTH ON HOMICIDE
By T.B. Marvel and C.E. Moody
Homicide Studies, Vol 1, No. 3, p.p. 205-233, August 1997
http://www.garrybreitkreuz.com/publications/2006/791.htm

EXCERPT: Results indicated that a 10-percent increase in prison growth
resulted in roughly 13-percent fewer homicides. The authors conclude
prison expansion is an effective crime reduction strategy.