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Prison conditions and recidivism
Drago, Francesco; Galbiati, Roberto; Vertova, Pietro - 2008
We use a unique data set on post-release behavior of former Italian inmates to estimate the effect of prison conditions on recidivism. By combining different sources of data we exploit variation in prison conditions measured by: 1) the extent of overcrowding at the prison level, 2) the number of...
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Organized crime and foreign direct investment: the Italian case
Daniele, Vittorio; Marani, Ugo - 2008
The objective of this paper is to examine the impact of crime on FDI inflows in 103 Italian provinces. The incidence of … criminality is measured through the number of complaints for different kinds of crime. The analysis has been conducted using … different estimation methods for panel data. The results show how the correlation between organized crime is both negative and …
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Kriminalität: Abschreckung wirkt
Entorf, Horst; Spengler, Hannes - In: DIW Wochenbericht 72 (2005) 38, pp. 543-552
Eine Analyse amtlicher Daten für die Jahre 1977 bis 2001 liefert deutliche Anzeichen für die Wirksamkeit polizeilicher Arbeit und gerichtlicher Sanktionen. Als wichtigster kriminalitätsreduzierender Faktor erwies sich die Wahrscheinlichkeit der Aufklärung von Straftaten und der Verurteilung...
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Uses and abuses of empirical evidence in the death penalty debate
Donohue, John J.; Wolfers, Justin - 2006
Does the death penalty save lives? A surge of recent interest in this question has yielded a series of papers purporting to show robust and precise estimates of a substantial deterrent effect of capital punishment. We assess the various approaches that have been used in this literature, testing...
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Do surveillance cameras affect unruly behavior?: a close look at grandstands
Priks, Mikael - 2008
This paper studies how surveillance cameras affect unruly spectator behaviour in the highest Swedish soccer league. Swedish stadiums introduced surveillance cameras at different points in time during the years 2000 and 2001. I exploit the exogenous variation that occurred due to differences...
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Sentence reductions and recidivism: lessons from the Bastille Day quasi experiment
Maurin, Eric; Ouss, Aurelie - 2009
This paper exploits the collective pardon granted to individuals incarcerated in French prisons on the 14th of July, 1996 (Bastille Day) to identify the effect of collective sentence reductions on recidivism. The collective pardon generated a very significant discontinuity in the relationship...
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Crime, deterrence and unemployment in Greece: a panel data approach
Saridakis, George; Spengler, Hannes - 2009
This study empirically examines the relationship between crime, deterrence and unemployment in Greece. A regional … deterred by higher clear-up rates. Also for property crime rates, the results indicate that unemployment increases crime. For …
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Organization and Information in the Fight against Crime: An Evaluation of the Integration of Police Forces in the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil
Soares, Rodrigo R.; Viveiros, Igor - 2010
presented points to a causal effect of the IGESP on crime. The most conservative estimates indicate a reduction of 24% in … represented by the program may constitute a first-order factor in a successful policy for fighting crime. …
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Education and crime over the life cycle
Fella, Giulio; Gallipoli, Giovanni - 2008
In this paper we ask whether policies targeting a reduction in crime rates through changes in education outcomes can be … the effect of subsidizing high school completion. Most econometric studies of the impact of crime policies ignore … alternative policies. We develop an overlapping generation, life-cycle model with endogenous education and crime choices …
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The deterrent effects of prison: evidence from a natural experiment
Drago, Francesco; Galbiati, Roberto; Vertova, Pietro - 2007
punishment to former inmates recommitting a crime can be considered as good as randomly assigned. Based on a unique data set on … recommit a crime by 1.24 percent: this corroborates the general deterrence hypothesis. However, this effect depends on the time …
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