Drago, Francesco (contributor); … - 2007
punishment to former inmates recommitting a crime can be considered as good as randomly assigned. Based on a unique data set on … recommit a crime by 1.24 percent: this corroborates the general deterrence hypothesis. However, this effect depends on the time … 2006. As a
consequence of the provisions of the bill, expected punishment to former inmates
recommitting a crime can be …