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Juvenile Incarceration and Crime After Release

The study finds that longer prison sentences for juvenile offenders are associated with lower rates of recidivism after release. Co-authors: Néstor Gandelman and Ignacio Munyo.
  • Paper: Juvenile Incarceration and Crime after Release
  • Authors: Néstor Gandelman (Universidad ORT Uruguay) and Ignacio Munyo (University of Montevideo)
  • Speaker: Néstor Gandelman
  • Event: BCU Economics Conference
  • Location: Montevideo, Uruguay
  • Date: August 19, 2016

The study proposes an estimate based on a natural quasi-experiment resulting from Law 19.055.

It has been found that longer prison terms for juvenile offenders are associated with lower rates of recidivism after release.

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