Additional Resources
Harsh / Longer Sentences Don’t Deter Criminogenic Behavior Or Crime Acts
- Fitting the Punishment to the Crime. (2018, November 30). Fleisher, Chris. American Economic Association. https://www.aeaweb.org/research/punishment-severity-impact-jury-decisions-britain
- Stop Doing What Doesn’t Work. Gentzler, Ryan. (2017, June 29). Oklahoma Policy Institute. https://okpolicy.org/works-stop-crime-hint-not-incarceration/
- Harsher Prison Sentences Don’t Curb Crime.
Kawas, George. (Winter 2015). Americas Quarterly. https://www.americasquarterly.org/content/harsher-prison-sentences-dont-curb-crime - Criminal Punishment and the Pursuit of Justice.
(2013). Materni, Mike C. Harvard Law School. https://hls.harvard.edu/content/uploads/2011/09/michele-materni-criminal-punishment.pdf (Excellent!) - More Prisons are Not the Answer to Reducing Crime. (2011, November 15). Smart Justice Fact Sheet. Federation of Community Legal Centres. Victoria, AU. http://www.smartjustice.org.au/resources/SJ%20Factsheet%20Prisons%202011.pdf