Moroccan descent convicted of a crime increased by 79% after the shock. Heterogeneity analyses indicate that more …

An often overlooked population in discussions of prison reform is the children of inmates. How a child is affected … depends both on what incarceration does to their parent and what they learn from their parent's experience. To overcome … endogeneity concerns, we exploit the random assignment of judges who differ in their propensity to send defendants to prison …

to investigate whether prison experience contributes to anti-gay beliefs. We find that prison experience prompts a higher … level of anti-gay sentiments among males and their families, while no discernible difference exists before incarceration. We … find no effect for female ex-prisoners. We confirm that the results are not driven by pre-incarceration trends, changes in …