The Effect of Incarceration on Re-Offending: Evidence from a Natural Experiment in Pennsylvania

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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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Authors: Nagin, Daniel 1948- (Author) ; Snodgrass, G. Matthew (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2013
In: Journal of quantitative criminology
Year: 2013, Volume: 29, Issue: 4, Pages: 601-642
Online Access: Presumably Free Access
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Keywords:
Recidivism
Randomization
instrumental variables
Effect of incarceration
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