Browsing Department of Economics by Author "Harding, David J."

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Failing to Follow the Rules: Can Imprisonment Lead to More Imprisonment Without More Actual Crime?

Franco, Catalina; Harding, David J.; Bushway, Shawn D. (SAM DP;03/2022, Working paper, 2022-03)

We find that people involved in low-level crime receiving a prison sentence are more likely than those with non-prison sentences to be re-imprisoned due to technical violations of parole, rather than due to new crimes. We ...