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The political economy of mass incarceration and crime : an analytic model
Temin, Peter - In: International journal of political economy : a journal … 47 (2018) 3/4, pp. 317-329
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012206208
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012180431
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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/10012180446
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012120657
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011751096
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012175815
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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
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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,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012390761
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Origins of the economic approach to crime and punishment
Conti, Thomas Victor; Justus, Marcelo - In: Review of law and economics : publ. in cooperation with … 20 (2024) 2, pp. 203-223
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015053083
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Incarceration versus probation? : long-run evidence from an anticipated reform.
Hémet, Camille; Michel, Bastien - 2020
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012249954