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100			_aAnker, A.S.T., Doleac, J.L. and Landerso, R. _932497
245			_aThe effects of DNA databases on the deterrence and detection of offenders
260			_aAmerican Economic Journal: Applied Economics
300			_a13(4), Oct, 2021: p.194-225
520			_aThis paper studies the effects of adding criminal offenders to a DNA database. Using a large expansion of Denmark's DNA database, we find that DNA registration reduces recidivism within the following year by up to 42 percent. It also increases the probability that offenders are identified if they recidivate, which we use to estimate the elasticity of crime with respect to the detection probability and find that a 1 percent higher detection probability reduces crime by more than 2 percent. We also find that DNA registration increases the likelihood that offenders find employment, enroll in education, and live in a more stable family environment. – Reproduced
650			_aDNA databases, Detection of offenders, Offenders, FTA card, Forensic science _932498
773			_aAmerican Economic Journal: Applied Economics
906			_aCRIMES
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