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Impact of the Reform to Non-custodial Sanctions in Chile
ObjectivesThis paper assesses the impact of the new regime of non-custodial sanctions implemented in Chile in 2013. It aims to contribute to the...
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Sentencing young adults with juvenile sanctions in The Netherlands: increasing risk or no differences on the chance of recidivism
ObjectivesIn the Netherlands, adolescent criminal law makes it is possible to sentence young adult offenders with juvenile sanctions. This study...
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Community Sanctions and Measures—Public Criminology as a Counter to Marginality
Criminology has never been more popular as a subject of study in higher education. However, criminologists occupy an increasingly marginal position...
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The price of retribution: evidence from the willingness to pay for short-term prison sentences compared to community service orders
ObjectivesThe objective of this study is to estimate the price of retribution.
MethodsBased on administrative data on all sentences in the...
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Custodial and perinatal care patterns of women who received prenatal care while incarcerated in the Arkansas state prison system, 2014–2019
BackgroundThe extraordinary growth in women’s incarceration over the past several decades has resulted in calls for expansion of research into their...
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Examining Sanction Type and Drug Offender Recidivism: A Register-Based Study in Finland
Nordic countries incarcerate offenders at much lower rates in comparison with incarceration rates in the United States, and reincarcerate fewer...
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Deterrent effects of sanction severity and the role of procedural justice in prison: a preregistered randomized vignette experiment
ObjectivesThis study tests deterrence theory and procedural justice theory in prisons. Severe sanctions in prisons may deter detainees from...
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An examination of sentencing outcomes in rural and urban locations
Previous studies have examined extralegal variables that influence sentencing outcomes. In this study, we examine the role of location on sentencing...
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Race and the Sanctioning of Misdemeanor Defendants
The dearth of research on the relationship between a defendant's race and the severity of sanction in misdemeanor cases is concerning, given that...
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Educational Consequences of Paternal Incarceration: Evidence from a Danish Policy Reform
ObjectivesThis study estimates the causal effect of paternal incarceration on children’s educational outcomes measured at the end of compulsory...
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Pretrial Detention and Incarceration Decisions for Foreign Nationals: a Mixed-Methods Approach
An increase in the mobility of persons across national borders coincides with an overrepresentation of foreign nationals in the penal systems of...
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The Hardening of Policies, Government Discourse, and Public Attitudes Towards Welfare Claimants
This chapter considers the long-term trends in legislation, government discourse, and public attitudes towards welfare claimants. Legislation appears...
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The Long-Term Trajectories of Punitiveness Towards Criminal Rule-Breakers: Government Policies, Political Discourse, and Public Sentiment
This chapter focuses on exploring the long-term trends in punitiveness towards criminal rule-breakers by considering policies, political discourse,...
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The Lived Experience of Crime—In Their Own Words
In this chapter, the narratives and the experiences of people with real-crime experiences are explored, and their voices are presented. For ease of...
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The effects of imprisonment length on recidivism: a judge stringency instrumental variable approach
ObjectivesThis study investigates the effects of the length of imprisonment on reoffending after release.
MethodsTo account for endogeneity from...
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Recidivism Outcomes Under a Shifting Continuum of Control
Criminal justice systems across the United States are reducing reliance on prison incarceration and moving toward more local and noncustodial types...
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Effect of conditional release on violent and general recidivism: A causal inference study
ObjectivesTo study the effect of Conditional Release (C.R.) on recidivism. To compare this effect along different recidivism risk levels, to evaluate...
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Housing Instability Following Felony Conviction and Incarceration: Disentangling Being Marked from Being Locked Up
ObjectivesI examine housing instability among individuals with a felony conviction but no incarceration history relative to formerly incarcerated...
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The Development of German Criminal Law Against Corruption in the Private Sector
Public and private corruption is no longer a problem of develo** and emerging countries alone but has developed into a cross-border phenomenon. The...