A natural experiment study of the effects of imprisonment on violence in the community.

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    • Source:
      Publisher: Springer Nature Publishing Country of Publication: England NLM ID: 101697750 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 2397-3374 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 23973374 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Nat Hum Behav Subsets: MEDLINE
    • Publication Information:
      Original Publication: [London] : Springer Nature Publishing, [2017]-
    • Subject Terms:
      Criminal Law* ; Judicial Role* ; Prisons*; Prisoners/*statistics & numerical data ; Recidivism/*statistics & numerical data ; Violence/*statistics & numerical data; Adult ; Cohort Studies ; Female ; Humans ; Longitudinal Studies ; Male ; Public Policy ; Random Allocation ; Violence/prevention & control ; Young Adult
    • Abstract:
      One of the goals of imprisonment is to reduce violence 1 . Although imprisonment has risen dramatically since the 1970s, its effects on future violent crime are poorly understood 2 . This study's objective was to examine the effect of imprisonment on violent crime in the community among individuals on the policy margin between prison and probation sentences. Drawing on data from a population-based cohort of individuals convicted of a felony in Michigan between 2003 and 2006 (n = 111,110) and followed through June 2015, we compared the rates of commission of violent crime committed by individuals sentenced to prison with those of individuals sentenced to probation using a natural experiment based on the random assignment of judges to criminal cases. Being sentenced to prison had no significant effects on arrests or convictions for violent crimes after release from prison, but imprisonment modestly reduced the probability of violence if comparisons included the effects of incapacitation during imprisonment. These results suggest that for individuals on the current policy margin between prison and probation, imprisonment is an ineffective long-term intervention for violence prevention, as it has, on balance, no rehabilitative or deterrent effects after release.
    • Comments:
      Erratum in: Nat Hum Behav. 2020 Sep;4(9):983. doi: 10.1038/s41562-020-0882-1. (PMID: 32322092)
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    • Grant Information:
      R24 HD073964 United States HD NICHD NIH HHS; R24 HD041028 United States HD NICHD NIH HHS; P2C HD073964 United States HD NICHD NIH HHS; P2C HD041028 United States HD NICHD NIH HHS; R01 HD079467 United States HD NICHD NIH HHS
    • Publication Date:
      Date Created: 20190516 Date Completed: 20200217 Latest Revision: 20241010
    • Publication Date:
      20241010
    • Accession Number:
      PMC7062231
    • Accession Number:
      10.1038/s41562-019-0604-8
    • Accession Number:
      31086334