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ArticleCriminology : an interdisciplinary journal2016

HOW THE U.S. PRISON BOOM HAS CHANGED THE AGE DISTRIBUTION OF THE PRISON POPULATION.

Lauren C Porter, Shawn D Bushway, Hui-Shien Tsao, Herbert L Smith

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Article in Criminology : an interdisciplinary journal, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

18 citing papers in PubMed.

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  9. Links of Previous Incarceration With Geriatric Syndromes and Chronic Health Conditions Among Older Adults in the United States.The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences · 2024
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  12. Stress Among Older Adults With an Incarcerated Family Member: Testing the Buffering Model of Social Support.The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences · 2021
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  16. Insights in Public Health: Reframing Hepatitis C: Lessons in Successful Public Health Collaboration.Hawai'i journal of medicine & public health : a journal of Asia Pacific Medicine & Public Health · 2017
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Lauren C PorterDepartment of Criminology and Criminal Justice, University of Maryland.
Shawn D BushwayRockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy, The University at Albany, SUNY.
Hui-Shien TsaoCenter for Social and Demographic Analysis, The University at Albany, SUNY.
Herbert L SmithDepartment of Sociology and Population Studies Center, University of Pennsylvania.

Funding

Population Science Research Center Development CoreR24HD044964 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI SMITH, HERBERT L. · 2003 to 2017
$9.8M
Sci-Tech Core-Population Dynamics Research CenterP2CHD044964 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI Xi Song · 2018 to 2026
$5.3M
Developmental Infrastructure CoreR24HD044943 · NICHD · STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT ALBANY · PI SHAW, BENJAMIN A · 2004 to 2016
$4.8M
NICHD NIH HHS P2C HD044964NICHD NIH HHS R24 HD044943NICHD NIH HHS R24 HD044964
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This article provides a demographic exposition of the changes in the U.S prison population during the period of mass incarceration that began in the late twentieth century. By drawing on data from the Survey of Inmates in State Correctional Facilities (1974-2004) for inmates 17-72 years of age (

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age–period–cohort analysisdemographyincarcerationprison growth

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PMID28936228
PMCPMC5603283

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