Do parole abolition and Truth-in-Sentencing deter violent crimes in Virginia? Academic Article

abstract

• 2017, Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany. This paper examines the treatment effect of the justice reform enacted on January 1, 1995, in Virginia. Using FBIs Uniform Crime Report data about crime rates per 100,000 population from 1960 to 2010, we find that after the reform the reported aggregated violent crime rate declined significantly and is mainly driven down by the decrease in robbery. We also consider property crime and find that the reported property crime rate does not decline until 4years later, indicating that the justice reform in Virginia also has lagged treatment effect on property crime.

authors

• Li, Qi

published proceedings

• EMPIRICAL ECONOMICS

altmetric score

• 1

author list (cited authors)

• Li, Q. i., & Long, W.

citation count

• 4

complete list of authors

• Li, Qi||Long, Wei

publication date

• December 2018

publisher

• Springer Nature  Publisher

published in

• Empirical Economics  Journal

keywords

• Average Treatment Effect
• Counterfactual Analysis
• Parole Abolition
• Truth-in-sentencing

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1007/s00181-017-1332-4

start page

• 2027

end page

• 2045

volume

• 55

issue

• 4

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00181-017-1332-4

user-defined tag

• 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions