监狱康复项目与再犯
Prison Rehabilitation Programs and Recidivism
Journal of Human Resources · 2024 · [{"name": "William Arbour", "affiliation": ["Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society"]}, {"name": "Guy Lacroix", "affiliation": ["Laval Mayenne Technopole"]}, {"name": "Steeve Marchand", "affiliation": ["Melbourne School of Theology"]}]
中文摘要
越来越多的证据表明，在某些情况下，监禁能够改善囚犯的社会再融入。然而，监禁得以促进改造的机制仍不清楚。本文利用项目可得性的变化来估计其效应。我们发现，项目降低了再监禁率。但这一效应被未来社区刑的增加所抵消，而社区刑通常与较轻的罪行相关。针对暴力问题、教育和就业的项目表现出强效应；针对成瘾问题及其他类型的项目则未发现对累犯有影响。这些结果表明，特定项目可以解释文献中所发现的监禁的有益效应。
Abstract
<h3>Abstract</h3> Increasing evidence suggests that incarceration can improve the social reintegration of inmates in some circumstances. Yet, the mechanisms through which incarceration may favor rehabilitation remain unknown. This paper exploits variations in program availability to estimate their effects. We find that programs decrease reincarceration. However, this is mitigated by an increase in future community sentences, usually associated with milder offenses. Programs addressing violence issues, education and employment exhibit strong effects. Those focusing on addiction and other program types are not found to affect recidivism. These results suggest that specific programs can explain the beneficial effects of incarceration found in the literature.