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Merin Sanil @MerinSanil
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.@CrimAdvStats Using propensity score matching as one of their statistical procedures, Blomberg et al. (2011) found that higher educational achievement is an important predictor of recidivism. sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
.@CrimAdvStats Worrall and Kovandzic (2010) use a panel dataset and employ the instrumental variables approach to find that police presence was inversely related to four crime index rates. sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
.@CrimAdvStats Hao and Cowan (2020) use the difference-in-differences design to examine the spillover effects of marijuana legalization in counties bordering non-legal states. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
.@CrimAdvStats Mitchell et al. (2016) used a regression discontinuity design in their study and found that imprisonment had little to no effect on recidivism. Alternatives to imprisonment might be more useful for non-violent/drug offenders. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…

Examining Prison Effects on Recidivism: A Regression Discontinuity Approach

The “get-tough” era of punishment led to exponential growth in the rate of incarceration in the United States. Recent reviews of the literature indicate, however, that limited rigorous research exi...

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