Juvenile Incarceration, Human Capital, and Future Crime: Evidence from Randomly Assigned Judges

Over 130,000 juveniles are detained in the United States each year with 70,000 in detention on any given day, yet little is known about whether such a penalty deters future crime or interrupts social and human capital formation in a way that increases the likelihood of later criminal behavior. This...

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Main Authors: Aizer, Anna (Contributor), Doyle, Joseph J. (Contributor)
Other Authors: Sloan School of Management (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press, 2015-06-11T12:15:53Z.
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