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Feb 6, 2024 · NYPD Announces January 2024 Citywide Crime Statistics. February 6, 2024. Ongoing reductions achieved in shootings, homicides, vehicle thefts, other major crimes. 2024, compared to the first month of last year, and included substantial drops in murder, rape, burglary, and felony assault.
- The Norwegian Setting
- Recidivism, Employment, and Job Training
- Family and Criminal Network Spillovers
- Feasibility of Reform
Our work studies the effects of incarceration in Norway, a setting with two key advantages. First, we are able to link several administrative data sources to construct a panel dataset containing complete records of the criminal behavior and labor market outcomes of every Norwegian who has been incarcerated. We can further link this information to o...
Our research on the effects of incarceration on the offender, using the random assignment of judges as an instrument, yields three key findings.3First, imprisonment discourages further criminal behavior. We find that incarceration lowers the probability that an individual will reoffend within five years by 27 percentage points and reduces the corre...
While understanding the effects of incarceration on the offender is an important first step, capturing spillover effects is also important for evaluating criminal justice policy and designing effective prison systems. Children in particular could be affected either positively or negatively by having a parent incarcerated, a matter we explore.4 How ...
Our research on Norway’s criminal justice system serves as a proof of concept that time spent in prison with a focus on rehabilitation can result in positive outcomes. The Norwegian prison system increases job training, raises employment, and reduces crime, mostly due to changes for individuals who were not employed prior to imprisonment. While the...
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If all criminals were recidivists, total rehabilitation would reduce the crime rate to zero. But recidivists start as first offenders. Even some of the worst crimes, such as murder, may be committed by first offend-ers.6 Since rehabilitation can affect criminals only after their first con-viction, even total rehabilitation could reduce neither ...
- Ernest Van Den Haag
- 1982
Jul 13, 2022 · Whether they’re education courses, meaningful work opportunities or specific types of therapy, evidence suggests that rehabilitative programs can significantly reduce criminals’ risk of committing future crimes.
Mar 7, 2018 · The New York City jail population recently dipped below 9,000 for the first time in 35 years – down from a high of more than 20,000 people. In a related development, crime in the city has also reached historic lows. We now find ourselves on the brink of systemic change: the mayor, the City Council and the governor are all working (although ...
Apr 3, 2024 · From January 1 through March 31, 2024, overall crime in the transit system was down 1.1 percent (538 vs. 544), compared to the first quarter of 2023. Since the start of 2024, overall arrests in the subway system are up almost 53 percent compared to last year (4,813 vs. 3,147), including an 83.3 percent increase in gun arrests (22 vs. 12), a ...
Jan 3, 2024 · For the first six months of 2022, New York City saw 17,000 more victims of major crime. For the first six months of this year, we also saw a small increase of about 800 victims. But for the last six months of this year, we have over 1,200 less victims of major crime. The mayor talked about 416 less victims of shooting violence in New York City.
