Data and Code for: "Leave the Door Open? Prison Conditions and Recidivism"

Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) Giovanni Mastrobuoni, Collegio Carlo Alberto, University of Turin; Daniele Terlizzese, EIEF and Bank of Italy

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Project Citation:

Mastrobuoni, Giovanni, and Terlizzese, Daniele. Data and Code for: “Leave the Door Open? Prison Conditions and Recidivism.” Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2022. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2022-09-28. https://doi.org/10.3886/E132601V1

Project Description

Summary: We estimate the effect on recidivism of replacing time served in a common closed-cell prison with time served in an open-cell one. We deal with the endogenous assignment of inmates to different prison regimes using variation that is driven by nearby prisons' overcrowding. Switching regimes for a year reduces recidivism by around 6 percentage points (or pp). The effects are largest for inmates with low levels of education and are weak for violent and for hardened criminals.

Scope of Project

Subject Terms: Crime; Prison Conditions; Deterrence; Rehabilitation; Open prison

JEL Classification:
K14 Criminal Law
K42 Illegal Behavior and the Enforcement of Law

Geographic Coverage: Milan, Italy

Time Period(s): 1/1/2001 – 12/31/2013

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