The Effect of Incarceration on Re-Offending: Evidence from a Natural Experiment in Pennsylvania
Objectives This paper uses a sample of convicted offenders from Pennsylvania to estimate the effect of incarceration on post-release criminality. Methods To do so, we capitalize on a feature of the criminal justice system in Pennsylvania—the county-level randomization of cases to judges. We begin by...
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| Language: | English |
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2013
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Journal of quantitative criminology
Year: 2013, Volume: 29, Issue: 4, Pages: 601-642 |
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