The quality of life in prisons: do educational programs reduce in-prison conflicts?

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Rodríguez, Catherine; Alzúa, María Laura; Villa, Edgar
Año de publicación
2009
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The harshness of punishment society chooses to impose on crime offenders is mandated by law. However, the quality of life in prison can make this punishment harsher. This creates a variation in the severity of punishment which is not legislated and may differ from society's taste for penalties. Indicators of in prison violence and conflicts seem to be appropriate proxy variables for prison conditions. Using indicators of in prison violent behavior, we use an exogenous source in education participation in educational programs in order to asses the effect of education on such measures of conflict. Applying instrumental variables techniques to census data for Argentine prisons, we find that educational programs significantly reduce indicators of property damages in prison. Such reductions amounts to a 60 percent decrease relative to the mean level of property damages.
Trabajo a publicarse en Rafael Di Tella, Sebastián Edwards and Ernesto Schargordsky (eds.). Crime economics: lessons for Latin America. NBER, Chicago University Press.
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title The quality of life in prisons: do educational programs reduce in-prison conflicts?
spellingShingle The quality of life in prisons: do educational programs reduce in-prison conflicts?
Rodríguez, Catherine
Economía
calidad de vida
encarcelamiento
title_short The quality of life in prisons: do educational programs reduce in-prison conflicts?
title_full The quality of life in prisons: do educational programs reduce in-prison conflicts?
title_fullStr The quality of life in prisons: do educational programs reduce in-prison conflicts?
title_full_unstemmed The quality of life in prisons: do educational programs reduce in-prison conflicts?
title_sort The quality of life in prisons: do educational programs reduce in-prison conflicts?
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Rodríguez, Catherine
Alzúa, María Laura
Villa, Edgar
author Rodríguez, Catherine
author_facet Rodríguez, Catherine
Alzúa, María Laura
Villa, Edgar
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author2 Alzúa, María Laura
Villa, Edgar
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author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Economía
calidad de vida
encarcelamiento
topic Economía
calidad de vida
encarcelamiento
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv The harshness of punishment society chooses to impose on crime offenders is mandated by law. However, the quality of life in prison can make this punishment harsher. This creates a variation in the severity of punishment which is not legislated and may differ from society's taste for penalties. Indicators of in prison violence and conflicts seem to be appropriate proxy variables for prison conditions. Using indicators of in prison violent behavior, we use an exogenous source in education participation in educational programs in order to asses the effect of education on such measures of conflict. Applying instrumental variables techniques to census data for Argentine prisons, we find that educational programs significantly reduce indicators of property damages in prison. Such reductions amounts to a 60 percent decrease relative to the mean level of property damages.
Trabajo a publicarse en Rafael Di Tella, Sebastián Edwards and Ernesto Schargordsky (eds.). <i>Crime economics: lessons for Latin America</i>. NBER, Chicago University Press.
Centro de Estudios Distributivos, Laborales y Sociales (CEDLAS)
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