Drawn into Violence: Evidence on 'What Makes a Criminal' from the Vietnam Draft Lotteries

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Draft lottery number assignment during the Vietnam era provides a natural experiment to examine the effects of military service on crime. Using exact dates of birth for inmates in state and federal prisons in 1979, 1986, and 1991, we find robust evidence of effects on violent crimes among whites. In...

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Main Author: Lindo, Jason M. (Author)
Contributors: Stoecker, Charles
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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