Drago, Francesco; Galbiati, Roberto; Vertova, Pietro - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
where the prison is located increases
recidivism.
JEL Classification: K42, J18
Keywords: crime, prison, deterrence … understand how prison conditions affect
a former inmate’s probability of committing another crime. From a policy perspective … but statistically
significant deterrent effect. Exploiting aggregate data on crime rates, they find a decline in local …