Currie Refutes the Myth That in 1992, "Only About 100,000

question 9

True/False

Currie refutes the myth that in 1992, "only about 100,000 persons convicted of a violent crime went to state prison" by arguing that this statistic underestimates the number of people who were incarcerated.

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