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Book/Printed Material Short criminals stature and crime in early America

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Title

  • Short criminals stature and crime in early America

Summary

  • "This paper considers the extent to which crime in early America was conditioned on height. With data on inmates incarcerated in Pennsylvania state penitentiaries between 1826 and 1876, we estimate the parameters of Wiebull proportional hazard specifications of the individual crime hazard. Our results reveal that, consistent with a theory in which height can be a source of labor market disadvantage, criminals in early America were shorter than the average American, and individual crime hazards decreased in height"--National Bureau of Economic Research web site.

Names

  • Bodenhorn, Howard
  • Moehling, Carolyn M. (Carolyn Marie), 1968-
  • Price, Gregory N.
  • National Bureau of Economic Research

Created / Published

  • Cambridge, MA : National Bureau of Economic Research, c2010.

Notes

  • -  Title from PDF file as viewed on 5/6/2010.
  • -  Includes bibliographical references.
  • -  Also available in print.
  • -  Mode of access: World Wide Web.
  • -  System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader.

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  • HB1

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  • 2010655985

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  • Unrestricted online access

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  • pdf

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Chicago citation style:

Bodenhorn, Howard, Carolyn M Moehling, Gregory N Price, and National Bureau Of Economic Research. Short criminals stature and crime in early America. Cambridge, MA: National Bureau of Economic Research, 2010. Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2010655985/.

APA citation style:

Bodenhorn, H., Moehling, C. M., Price, G. N. & National Bureau Of Economic Research. (2010) Short criminals stature and crime in early America. Cambridge, MA: National Bureau of Economic Research. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2010655985/.

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Bodenhorn, Howard, et al. Short criminals stature and crime in early America. Cambridge, MA: National Bureau of Economic Research, 2010. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2010655985/>.