, 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 …

Recidivism studies differ with respect to samples, definitions and follow-up periods. While it is recognized that such … differences hamper comparability, there is little systematic knowledge about how recidivism figures are affected. We explore how … deliberate changes in the following three parameters affect the reported recidivism levels: 1) sample definition, 2) measure of …