Many states have laws permitting the civil incarceration of violent sexual offenders after they have served their … another offence. This article reviews the purposes of civil incarceration, and the criteria used in state law permitting it …

to changes in an individual's own criminal and arrest history. Young males who engage in crime but are not arrested … to engage in crime during subsequent periods. Following an arrest, individuals commit less crime, consistent with …

. Longer prison sentences further isolate offenders from the legitimate labor force and may promote the formation of criminal … networks in prison. On the other hand, greater initial punishment may have a deterrence effect on the individual being punished …, sometimes called “specific deterrence,” through learning or the rehabilitative effect of prison. We test the effect of prison …

gap.” Second, those who do obtain expungement have extremely low subsequent crime rates, comparing favorably to the …

reductions among first offenders primarily reflect outcomes for offenders who live in lower-crime areas of the city and are not … increased the arrival rate of new charges against formerly incarcerated offenders. Incarceration does not reduce the arrival of … research, we document an important source of heterogeneity in the impact of incarceration on recidivism. Incarceration creates …

enforcement apparatus and immigration prison system propelled by a vast infrastructure of laws and policies. The presidency of …

-term incarceration. One 2014 Wall Street Journal report estimated that approximately one in three Americans are represented in the FBI …

reductions among first offenders primarily reflect outcomes for offenders who live in lower-crime areas of the city and are not … increased the arrival rate of new charges against formerly incarcerated offenders. Incarceration does not reduce the arrival of … research, we document an important source of heterogeneity in the impact of incarceration on recidivism. Incarceration creates …