Criminal recidivism after prison and electronic monitoring

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...

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Autores principales: Di Tella, Rafael, Schargrodsky, Ernesto
Formato: Artículo
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Publicado: Journal of Political Economy (e-ISSN: 1537-534X) 2025
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Crimen
Crime
Reincidencia
Recidivism
Derecho penal
Criminal law
Acceso en línea:https://repositorio.utdt.edu/handle/20.500.13098/13357
https://doi.org/10.1086/669786
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spelling I57-R163-20.500.13098-133572025-04-09T15:45:56Z Criminal recidivism after prison and electronic monitoring Di Tella, Rafael Schargrodsky, Ernesto Crimen Crime Reincidencia Recidivism Derecho penal Criminal law 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. Di Tella, R., & Schargrodsky, E. (2013). Criminal Recidivism after Prison and Electronic Monitoring. Journal of Political Economy, 121(1), 28–73. https://doi.org/10.1086/669786 Journal of Political Economy (e-ISSN: 1537-534X) 2025-04-04T18:06:34Z 2009-12 info:eu-repo/semantics/article https://repositorio.utdt.edu/handle/20.500.13098/13357 https://doi.org/10.1086/669786 eng "Criminal Recidivism after Prison and Electronic Monitoring," Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press, vol. 121(1), pages 28-73 Argentina info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=es 43 p. application/pdf application/pdf application/octet-stream application/ stata
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topic Crimen
Crime
Reincidencia
Recidivism
Derecho penal
Criminal law
spellingShingle Crimen
Crime
Reincidencia
Recidivism
Derecho penal
Criminal law
Di Tella, Rafael
Schargrodsky, Ernesto
Criminal recidivism after prison and electronic monitoring
topic_facet Crimen
Crime
Reincidencia
Recidivism
Derecho penal
Criminal law
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.
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author Di Tella, Rafael
Schargrodsky, Ernesto
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Schargrodsky, Ernesto
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title Criminal recidivism after prison and electronic monitoring
title_short Criminal recidivism after prison and electronic monitoring
title_full Criminal recidivism after prison and electronic monitoring
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title_full_unstemmed Criminal recidivism after prison and electronic monitoring
title_sort criminal recidivism after prison and electronic monitoring
publisher Journal of Political Economy (e-ISSN: 1537-534X)
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