Engel, Christoph; Hennig-Schmidt, Heike; Irlenbusch, Bernd - Max-Planck-Institut zur Erforschung von … - 2009
does probation also reduce the risk of recidivism? In a meta-study we show that the field evidence is inconclusive …Does probation pay a double dividend? Society saves the cost of incarceration, and convicts preserve their liberty. But …. Moreover it struggles with an identification problem: those put on probation are less likely to recidivate in the first place …