Leave the door open? Prison conditions and recidivism
By: Mastrobuoni, Giovanni and Terlizzese, Daniele
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BookPublisher: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics Description: 14(4), Oct, 2022: p.200-233.
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American Economic Journal: Applied EconomicsSummary: We estimate the effect on recidivism of replacing time served in a common closed-cell prison with time served in an open-cell one. We deal with the endogenous assignment of inmates to different prison regimes using variation that is driven by nearby prisons' overcrowding. Switching regimes for a year reduces recidivism by around 6 percentage points. The effects are largest for inmates with low levels of education and are weak for violent and hardened criminals. – Reproduced
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Indian Institute of Public Administration | 14(4), Oct, 2022: p.200-233 | Available | AR127563 |
We estimate the effect on recidivism of replacing time served in a common closed-cell prison with time served in an open-cell one. We deal with the endogenous assignment of inmates to different prison regimes using variation that is driven by nearby prisons' overcrowding. Switching regimes for a year reduces recidivism by around 6 percentage points. The effects are largest for inmates with low levels of education and are weak for violent and hardened criminals. – Reproduced
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