Posts Tagged incarceration
Deterrence is contagious!
Posted by Nick Cowen in Crime on 16/02/2011
Via Chris Dillow, we learn of another fascinating study by Francesco Drago and Roberto Galbiati based on Italy’s experience of its 2006 Collective Clemency Bill. It suggests that creating credible threats to return ex-prisoners released on license to prison if they re-offend does not just reduce their re-offending rate. It also reduces offending amongst their peers.
How bad are short custodial sentences?
Posted by Nick Cowen in Crime on 24/08/2010
It is an article of faith amongst some prison reformers that the use of short prison sentences increases the chance of re-offending, sometimes turning a one-time offender towards a life of crime. They are counter-productive in terms of fighting crime, they argue. According to the most recent systematic evidence, this is probably not the case.