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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
The Politics of Confinement: Prison Population and Capacity Change in Post-War California
Abstract
dc:descriptionThis thesis deals with the factors affecting prison population and capacity in the California state correctional system from 1946 through 1980. It develops and estimates a structural equation model describing the behavior of prison admissions, releases and rated capacity over time. It also uses qualitative data obtained through semi-structured interviews with corrections officials, legislative staff members, lobbyists and other individuals concerned with this policy area in order to develop a more concrete picture of the processes which have shaped the variables of interest.
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- Ph.D.
- Level thesis:degree_level
- Dissertation
- Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
- Political Science
- Grantor
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Year dc:date
- 2014
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- Rhodes, Susan Lynne
Subjects
dc:subject × 2Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Identifier
- (UMI)AAI8711861
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/69811