Criminal capital persistence: Evidence from 90,000 inmates’ releases

We study persistence in criminal capital by looking at the effects of inmates’ releaseson crime around prisons in Colombia. Leveraging detailed geographic and temporal information on the universe of releases from all prisons and crime reports, we find that property crimes are 16% higher around priso...

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Autores:
Escobar Bernal, Maria Antonia
Tobón Zapata, Santiago
Vanegas Arias, Martín
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2021
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Universidad EAFIT
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Repositorio EAFIT
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eng
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crime
violence
recidivism
prisons
Colombia
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spelling Medellín de: Lat: 06 15 00 N degrees minutes Lat: 6.2500 decimal degrees Long: 075 36 00 W degrees minutes Long: -75.6000 decimal degrees2021-06-22T19:45:59Z2021-06-222021-06-22T19:45:59Zhttp://hdl.handle.net/10784/29884D04H41J24K14K42We study persistence in criminal capital by looking at the effects of inmates’ releaseson crime around prisons in Colombia. Leveraging detailed geographic and temporal information on the universe of releases from all prisons and crime reports, we find that property crimes are 16% higher around prisons on days inmates are released. Inmates specialized in property crimes drive the impacts. Improvements in non-criminal human capital or longer incarceration spells do not mitigate these effects. These results suggest the specific deterrence or rehabilitation effects of incarceration are weak for individuals with higher initial levels of criminal capital. We also document two externalities resulting from incarcerating specialized criminals. First, we find evidence of adverse peer effects. Second, in a back-of-the-envelope estimation, we document that crime incidence due to prison location drops property values and property tax revenues. Our results raise concerns about the usefulness of incarceration in its most widely adopted form.engUniversidad EAFITEscuela de Economía y FinanzasCriminal capital persistence: Evidence from 90,000 inmates’ releasesworkingPaperinfo:eu-repo/semantics/workingPaperDocumento de trabajo de investigacióndrafthttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_b1a7d7d4d402bccehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_8042Acceso abiertohttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2crimeviolencerecidivismprisonsColombiaEscobar Bernal, Maria AntoniaTobón Zapata, SantiagoVanegas Arias, MartínUniversidad EAFITLICENSElicense.txtlicense.txttext/plain; charset=utf-82556https://repository.eafit.edu.co/bitstreams/db90f236-502d-414b-950a-ce5628ed1286/download76025f86b095439b7ac65b367055d40cMD51ORIGINALWP-2021-06-Santiago Tobón.pdfWP-2021-06-Santiago Tobón.pdfapplication/pdf1604078https://repository.eafit.edu.co/bitstreams/bc9ee36a-e86e-475d-89c8-686e5a255d8b/downloadfc6ad2c7dc8cc4a9d5b02dafffe55d0aMD5210784/29884oai:repository.eafit.edu.co:10784/298842024-03-05 14:06:14.542open.accesshttps://repository.eafit.edu.coRepositorio Institucional Universidad EAFITrepositorio@eafit.edu.co
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title Criminal capital persistence: Evidence from 90,000 inmates’ releases
spellingShingle Criminal capital persistence: Evidence from 90,000 inmates’ releases
crime
violence
recidivism
prisons
Colombia
title_short Criminal capital persistence: Evidence from 90,000 inmates’ releases
title_full Criminal capital persistence: Evidence from 90,000 inmates’ releases
title_fullStr Criminal capital persistence: Evidence from 90,000 inmates’ releases
title_full_unstemmed Criminal capital persistence: Evidence from 90,000 inmates’ releases
title_sort Criminal capital persistence: Evidence from 90,000 inmates’ releases
dc.creator.fl_str_mv Escobar Bernal, Maria Antonia
Tobón Zapata, Santiago
Vanegas Arias, Martín
dc.contributor.author.none.fl_str_mv Escobar Bernal, Maria Antonia
Tobón Zapata, Santiago
Vanegas Arias, Martín
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dc.subject.keyword.spa.fl_str_mv crime
violence
recidivism
prisons
Colombia
topic crime
violence
recidivism
prisons
Colombia
description We study persistence in criminal capital by looking at the effects of inmates’ releaseson crime around prisons in Colombia. Leveraging detailed geographic and temporal information on the universe of releases from all prisons and crime reports, we find that property crimes are 16% higher around prisons on days inmates are released. Inmates specialized in property crimes drive the impacts. Improvements in non-criminal human capital or longer incarceration spells do not mitigate these effects. These results suggest the specific deterrence or rehabilitation effects of incarceration are weak for individuals with higher initial levels of criminal capital. We also document two externalities resulting from incarcerating specialized criminals. First, we find evidence of adverse peer effects. Second, in a back-of-the-envelope estimation, we document that crime incidence due to prison location drops property values and property tax revenues. Our results raise concerns about the usefulness of incarceration in its most widely adopted form.
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