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the finding that each additional increment of incarceration buys less crime reduction as the prison population grows.

In corrections, diminishing returns of incarceration refers to the finding that each additional increment of incarceration buys less crime reduction as the prison population grows. This meaning comes from Liedka (2006) in Criminology <html_ent glyph="@amp;" ascii="&"/> Public Policy.[1]

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Liedka, R. V., Piehl, A. M., & Useem, B. (2006). The Crime-control Effect of Incarceration: Does Scale Matter? Criminology & Public Policy, 5(2), 245-276. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1745-9133.2006.00376.x

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