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US Rates of Incarceration: A Global Perspective
Publication Date: May 2008
Publisher(s): National Council on Crime and Delinquency
Author(s): National Council on Crime and Delinquency
Topic: Justice (Prisoners and imprisonment)
Type: Report
Abstract:
This fact sheet makes simple side-by-side comparisons of the most reliable and current statistics from around the world to illuminate the extreme use of incarceration in the United States.