Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/302655 
Year of Publication: 
2024
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 17138
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
Inmates' informal code regulates their behavior and attitudes. We investigate whether prisons contribute to the spread of these norms to the general population using an exogenous shock of the Soviet amnesty of 1953, which released 1.2 million prisoners. We document the spread of prison norms in localities exposed to the released ex-prisoners. As inmates' code also ascribes low status to persons perceived as passive homosexuals, in the long run, we find effects on anti-LGBTQ+ hate crimes, homophobic slurs on social media, and discriminatory attitudes.
Subjects: 
incarceration
prison culture
russia
homosexuals
JEL: 
J15
M14
N34
N44
P00
Z13
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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