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2007
Western B
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Introduction to Gresham Sykes’s The Society of Captives
. In: The Society of Captives: A Study of a Maximum Security Prison. Princeton University Press ; 2007.
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2006
Western B
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Punishment and Inequality in America
. Russell Sage Foundation; 2006.
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Introduction - PDF
2005
Western B, Pettit B
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Black-White Earnings Inequality, Employment Rates, and Incarceration
. American Journal of Sociology. 2005;111 :553-578.
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2002
Western B
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The Impact of Incarceration on Wage Mobility and Inequality
. American Sociological Review. 2002;67 :526-546.
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