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Punitive sentencing led to higher incarceration rates throughout adulthood for certain birth cohorts in North Carolina

08/24/20-Phys.org

“Birth cohorts who were young adults during the crime and punishment boom that occurred in the 1980s and 1990s have higher rates of incarceration throughout their lives, even after the crime-punishment wave ended,” Shawn Bushway, CJRA Expert.