U.S. Department of Justice

The Effect of Arrest and Imprisonment on Crime

Publication year: 2012 | Cataloged on: Apr. 30, 2012

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Thumbnail preview ANNOTATION: This study looks at the relationship between the probability of arrest and imprisonment and imprisonment duration on property and violent crime rates. “The criminal justice system plays a significant role in preventing crime. Some criminal justice variables, however, exert much stronger effects than others. Increasing arrest rate s is likely to have the largest impact, followed by increasing the likelihood of receiving a prison sentence” (p. 1). Increasing length of stay doesn’t appear to impact crime rates.
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