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The second convict age : explaining the return of mass imprisonment in Australia

Leigh, Andrew - 2020

increase in the Australian prison population does not seem to be due to crime rates, which have mostly declined over the past …

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The effect of sentencing reform on crime rates : evidence from California's proposition 47

Domínguez, Patricio; Lofstrom, Magnus; Raphael, Steven - 2019

We evaluate whether California's state proposition 47 impacted state violent and property crime rates. Passed by the …-level crime rates that exploit heterogeneity in the effects of the proposition on local criminal justice practices. We find little … evidence of an impact on violent crime rates in the state. Once changes in offense definitions and reporting practices in key …

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Do post-prison job opportunities reduce recidivism? : increasing the availability of high-quality job opportunities can reduce recidivism among released prisoners

Schnepel, Kevin T. - 2017

The majority of individuals released from prison face limited employment opportunities and do not successfully reintegrate into society. The inability to find stable work is often cited as a key determinant of failed re-entry (or “recidivism”). However, empirical evidence that demonstrates a...

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Estimating long-run incarceration rates for Australia, Canada, England & Wales, New Zealand and the United States

Leigh, Andrew - 2020

Compiling data from dozens of archival sources, I compile the most extensive series to date of the long-run imprisonment rate for five English-speaking nations: Australia, Canada, England and Wales, New Zealand and the United States. These series are constructed as a share of adults rather than...

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The second convict age : explaining the return of mass imprisonment in Australia

Leigh, Andrew - 2020

increase in the Australian prison population does not seem to be due to crime rates, which have mostly declined over the past …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012177061

Conscription and military service: do they result in future violent and non-violent incarcerations and recidivism?

Wang, Xintong; Flores-Lagunes, Alfonso - 2020

Employing nonparametric bounds, we examine the effect of military service on incarceration outcomes using the Vietnam draft lotteries as a possibly invalid instrumental variable for military service. The draft is allowed to have a direct effect on the outcomes independently of military service,...

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