Assessing the impact of imprisonment on recidivism |
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| Authors: | William D Bales Alex R Piquero |
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| Institution: | (1) College of Criminology & Criminal Justice, Florida State University, 634 W. Call Street, Hecht House, Tallahassee, FL 32306-1127, USA;(2) Program in Criminology, EPPS, University of Texas at Dallas, 800 W. Campbell Road, GR31, Richardson, TX 75080, USA |
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| Abstract: | Objectives There is debate about the extent to which imprisonment deters reoffending. Further, while there is a large literature on the
effects of imprisonment, methodologically sound and rigorous studies are the exception due to problematic sample characteristics
and study designs. This paper assesses the effect of imprisonment on reoffending relative to a prison diversion program, Community
Control, for over 79,000 felons sentenced to state prison and 65,000 offenders sentenced to Community Control between 1994
and 2002 in Florida. |
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