Criminal recidivism after prison and electronic monitoring
By: Rafael Di Tella, Ernesto Schargrodsky.
Contributors: Schargrodsky, Ernesto.; National Bureau of Economic Research.
Series: NBER working paper series -- working paper 15602; Working paper series (National Bureau of Economic Research : Online) -- working paper no. 15602.
Publisher: National Bureau of Economic Research
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Cambridge, MA
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Description: "We study the re-arrest rates for two groups: individuals formerly in prison and individuals formerly under electronic monitoring (EM).  We find that the recidivism rate of former prisoners is 22% while that for those 'treated' with electronic monitoring is 13% (40% lower).  We convince ourselves that the estimates are causal using peculiarities of the Argentine setting.  For example, we have almost as much information as the judges have when deciding on the allocation of EM; the program is rationed to only some offenders; and some institutional features (such as bad prison conditions) convert ideological differences across judges (to which detainees are randomly matched) into very large differences in the allocation of electronic monitoring"--National Bureau of Economic Research web site.
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