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Effects of Incarceration on Criminal Trajectories in the United States, 1994

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Principal Investigator(s): Bhati, Avinash Singh

Summary: Using data from RECIDIVISM OF PRISONERS RELEASED IN 1994: [UNITED STATES] (ICPSR 3355), this study developed an analytical approach to utilize detailed dated criminal arrest history information in order to investigate whether, and to what extent, incarceration is able to deter offenders from future offending. This data collection consists of the syntax for a SAS macro used to estimate individual specific offending micro-trajectories, project counterfactual trajectories, and to assess the ... (view full summary)

Persistent URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR04578.v1

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