Arbeitspapier
The Quality of Life in Prisons: Do Educational Programs Reduce In-prison Conflicts?
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.
- Sprache
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: Documento de Trabajo ; No. 91
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
- Thema
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Quality of life
prison
conflict
educational programs
education
Strafvollzug
Bildung
Lebensqualität
Sozialer Konflikt
Argentinien
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Alzúa, María Laura
Rodriguez, Catherine
Villa, Edgar
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
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Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Centro de Estudios Distributivos, Laborales y Sociales (CEDLAS)
- (wo)
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La Plata
- (wann)
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2009
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:45 MEZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Alzúa, María Laura
- Rodriguez, Catherine
- Villa, Edgar
- Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Centro de Estudios Distributivos, Laborales y Sociales (CEDLAS)
Entstanden
- 2009
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