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| The growth of incarceration in the United States: Exploring causes and consequences J Travis, B Western, FS Redburn | 1002 | 2014 |
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| Between class and market: Postwar unionization in the capitalist democracies B Western Princeton University Press, 1999 | 673 | 1999 |
| Unions, norms, and the rise in US wage inequality B Western, J Rosenfeld American Sociological Review 76 (4), 513-537, 2011 | 626 | 2011 |
| How unregulated is the US labor market? The penal system as a labor market institution B Western, K Beckett American Journal of Sociology 104 (4), 1030-60, 1999 | 620 | 1999 |
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| Incarceration & social inequality B Western, B Pettit Daedalus 139 (3), 8-19, 2010 | 490 | 2010 |
| The black family and mass incarceration B Western, C Wildeman The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 621 (1 …, 2009 | 479 | 2009 |
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| Black-white wage inequality, employment rates, and incarceration B Western, B Pettit American Journal of Sociology 111 (2), 553-578, 2005 | 360 | 2005 |
| The deterrent effect of arrest in incidents of domestic violence: A Bayesian analysis of four field experiments RA Berk, A Campbell, R Klap, B Western American Sociological Review, 698-708, 1992 | 355 | 1992 |
| Sequencing disadvantage: Barriers to employment facing young black and white men with criminal records D Pager, B Western, N Sugie The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 623 (1 …, 2009 | 332 | 2009 |
| Causal heterogeneity in comparative research: A Bayesian hierarchical modelling approach B Western American Journal of Political Science 42 (4), 1233, 1998 | 280 | 1998 |
| Imprisoning America: The social effects of mass incarceration M Pattillo, B Western, D Weiman Russell Sage Foundation, 2004 | 272 | 2004 |
| Incarceration and racial inequality in men's employment B Western, B Pettit ILR Review 54 (1), 3-16, 2000 | 259 | 2000 |
| Bayesian inference for comparative research B Western, S Jackman American Political Science Review 88 (2), 412-423, 1994 | 256 | 1994 |