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dc.contributor.authorBarbarino, Alessandroen
dc.contributor.authorMastrobuoni, Giovannien
dc.date.accessioned2012-05-09-
dc.date.accessioned2012-06-15T07:56:36Z-
dc.date.available2012-06-15T07:56:36Z-
dc.date.issued2012-
dc.identifier.piurn:nbn:de:101:1-201206125745en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/58865-
dc.description.abstractWe estimate the incapacitation effect on crime using variation in Italian prison population driven by eight collective pardons passed between 1962 and 1995. The prison releases are sudden - within one day -, very large - up to 35 percent of the entire prison population - and happen nationwide. Exploiting this quasi-natural experiment we break the simultaneity of crime and prisoners as in Levitt (1996) and, in addition, use the national character of the pardons to separately identify incapacitation from changes in deterrence. The elasticity of total crime with respect to incapacitation is between -20 and -35 percent. A cost-benefit analysis suggests that Italy's prison population is below its optimal level.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aInstitute for the Study of Labor (IZA) |cBonnen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aIZA Discussion Papers |x6360en
dc.subject.jelK40en
dc.subject.jelK42en
dc.subject.jelH11en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordcrimeen
dc.subject.keywordpardonen
dc.subject.keywordamnestyen
dc.subject.keyworddeterrenceen
dc.subject.keywordincapacitationen
dc.titleThe incapacitation effect of incarceration: Evidence from several Italian collective pardons-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn715469711en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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