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dc.contributor.authorMaurin, Ericen
dc.contributor.authorOuss, Aurelieen
dc.date.accessioned2009-03-03-
dc.date.accessioned2010-07-07T11:52:24Z-
dc.date.available2010-07-07T11:52:24Z-
dc.date.issued2009-
dc.identifier.piurn:nbn:de:101:1-20090304456en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/35483-
dc.description.abstractThis paper exploits the collective pardon granted to individuals incarcerated in French prisons on the 14th of July, 1996 (Bastille Day) to identify the effect of collective sentence reductions on recidivism. The collective pardon generated a very significant discontinuity in the relationship between the number of weeks of sentence reduction granted to inmates and their prospective date of release. We show that the same discontinuity exists in the relationship between recidivism probability five years after the release and prospective date of release. Overall, the Bastille Day quasi experiment suggests that collective sentence reductions increase recidivism and do not represent a cost-effective way to reduce incarceration rates or prisons' overcrowding.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aInstitute for the Study of Labor (IZA) |cBonnen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aIZA Discussion Papers |x3990en
dc.subject.jelK42en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordCrimeen
dc.subject.keywordprisonen
dc.subject.keyworddeterrence effecten
dc.subject.keywordrecidivismen
dc.subject.stwStraffreiheiten
dc.subject.stwKriminalitäten
dc.subject.stwKriminalpolitiken
dc.subject.stwFrankreichen
dc.titleSentence reductions and recidivism: lessons from the Bastille Day quasi experiment-
dc.type|aWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn592898628en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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