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Author: Monnery, Benjamin

Title: The Determinants of Recidivism among Ex-Prisoners: A Survival Analysis on French Data

Summary: This article explores the main determinants of the hazard of recidivism among ex-prisoners. We use a nationally-representative sample of prisoners released in 1996-1997 in France, drawn from a 5-year follow-up survey run by the French correctional administration. We estimate semiparametric duration models which deal with violations of the proportional hazards hypothesis. Our results confirm the importance of gender, age, nationality, access to employment and prior convictions on recidivism within five years after release from prison. We also find significant differences in hazards of recidivism by type of initial offense, penal status at entry, and type of release (early release under parole, etc.), while controlling for prison fixed effects. Finally, our study casts doubt on the influence of certain variables (marital status at entry, education, homelessness) and on the effectiveness of semi-liberte as a way to prevent recidivism.

Details: Saint-Etienne, France: University of Lyon 2 - Groupe d'Analyse et de Théorie Economique (GATE), 2013. 21p.

Source: Internet Resource: GATE - Groupe d’Analyse et de Théorie Économique Lyon-St Étienne Working Paper No. WP 1320 : Accessed May 25, 2013 at: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2265349

Year: 2013

Country: France

URL: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2265349

Shelf Number: 128790

Keywords:
Economics of Crime
Ex-Offenders
Recidivism (France)