Maurin, Eric; Ouss, Aurelie - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
, 1996 (Bastille Day) to identify the effect of collective sentence reductions on recidivism. The collective pardon generated … recidivism probability five years after the release and prospective date of release. Overall, the Bastille Day quasi experiment … suggests that collective sentence reductions increase recidivism and do not represent a cost-effective way to reduce …