Educational Outcomes After Serving with Electronic Monitoring: Results from a Natural Experiment

Larsen, Britt Østergaard

doi:10.1007/s10940-016-9287-8

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“…Existing research has shown that, compared to imprisonment, electronic monitoring decreases criminal recidivism (e.g., Di Tella & Schargrodsky, ), strengthens the labor market, and improves the educational outcomes of offenders (e.g., Andersen & Andersen, ; Larsen, ). Also, at least in Denmark, electronic monitoring is cheaper to run than imprisonment.…”

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“…Previous research has studied how alternatives to imprisonment affect, for example, criminal recidivism (e.g., Di Tella & Schargrodsky, ), labor market attachment (e.g., Andersen & Andersen, ), educational achievement (Larsen, ), and children's foster care placements (Andersen & Wildeman, ). Our study is the first to isolate the effect of a noncustodial alternative to imprisonment, such as electronic monitoring, on relationship dissolution and on singlehood.…”

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Explaining the Consequences of Imprisonment for Union Formation and Dissolution in Denmark

Fallesen¹,

Andersen²

2016

J Policy Anal Manage

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Crime and subsequent imprisonment reduces men's chances on the marriage market and increases their divorce risk, but existing research, with a few notable exceptions, is silent about the underlying mechanisms driving these effects. This article studies the effect of home confinement under electronic monitoring as a noncustodial alternative to imprisonment on the risk of relationship dissolution and being single, thereby distinguishing between effects of incarceration and of committing crime. We study a policy that expanded the use of electronic monitoring to address nonrandom selection into electronic monitoring instead of in prison. Results from a sample of 4,522 men show that home confinement under electronic monitoring significantly and persistently lowers the risk both of being single and of becoming single during the first five years following conviction. The results show that one of the tools that could promote decarceration trends also secures better relationship outcomes of convicted men.

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Explaining the Consequences of Imprisonment for Union Formation and Dissolution in Denmark

Fallesen¹,

Andersen²

2016

J Policy Anal Manage

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“…The implementation of EM in Denmark also offers quasi-experimental evidence from Europe, but existing studies focus on the effect of EM on social welfare dependence (Andersen and Andersen, 2014) or educational outcomes (Larsen, 2016), not future criminal activity.…”

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Better at Home than in Prison? The Effects of Electronic Monitoring on Recidivism in France

Henneguelle

Monnery

Kensey

2016

The Journal of Law and Economics

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Abstract:Many countries have recently adopted electronic monitoring (EM) as an alternative sentence in order to reduce incarceration while maintaining public safety. However, the empirical evidence on the effects of EM on recidivism (relative to prison) is very scarce worldwide. In this paper, we adress this debated question using quasi-experimental data from France. Our empirical strategy exploits the incremental roll-in of electronic monitoring in France, which started as a local experiment in four courts in [2000][2001], and was later adopted by more and more courts (2002)(2003). Our IV estimates show that fully converting prison sentences into electronic monitoring has long-lasting beneficial effects on recidivism, with estimated reductions in probability of reconviction of 6-7 percentage points (9-11%) after five years. There is also evidence that, in case of recidivism, EM leads to less serious offenses compared to prison. These beneficial effects are particularly strong on electronically monitored offenders who received control visits at home from correctional officers, were obliged to work while under EM, and had already experienced prison before. This pattern suggests that both rehabilitation and deterrence are important factors in reducing long-term recidivism, and that electronic monitoring can be a very costeffective alternative to short prison sentences. However, the massive development of EM in France in recent years, with shorter and less intensive supervision, may reduce its effectiveness. Keywords:economics of crime, prison, electronic monitoring, recidivism JEL codes: K42 Better at Home than in Prison?The was later adopted by an increasing number of courts (2002)(2003). Our IV estimatesshow that fully converting prison sentences into electronic monitoring has long-lasting beneficial effects on recidivism, with estimated reductions in the probability of reconviction of 6-7 percentage points (9-11%) after five years. The presence of heterogeneous effects suggests that both rehabilitation and deterrence are important factors in reducing long-term recidivism, and that EM can be a very cost-effective alternative to short prison sentences. JEL: K42

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“…Andersen and Andersen (2014) found that being assigned to EM reduced days spent on welfare, but only for young offenders (age 25 or under). Larsen (2017) found that EM, which was paired with a work or education requirement, increased young offenders' secondary school completion. Neither study considered effects on recidivism, but both suggest that EM facilitates successful reintegration for young, low-level offenders, when used as an alternative to short incarceration spells.…”

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Strategies to Productively Reincorporate the Formerly-Incarcerated into Communities: A Review of the Literature

Doleac

2018

SSRN Journal

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Educational Outcomes After Serving with Electronic Monitoring: Results from a Natural Experiment

Cited by 26 publications

References 39 publications

Explaining the Consequences of Imprisonment for Union Formation and Dissolution in Denmark

Explaining the Consequences of Imprisonment for Union Formation and Dissolution in Denmark

Better at Home than in Prison? The Effects of Electronic Monitoring on Recidivism in France

Strategies to Productively Reincorporate the Formerly-Incarcerated into Communities: A Review of the Literature

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