Estimating a dose-response relationship between length of stay and future recidivism in serious juvenile offenders

Criminology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 699-740

  Loughran, Thomas A ^a   Mulvey, Edward P ^b   Schubert, Carol A ^b   Fagan, Jeffrey ^c   Piquero, Alex R ^d   Losoya, Sandra H ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c The Earth Institute at Columbia University   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^e ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Deterrence; Incarceration; Juvenile offenders; Propensity scores

Indexed keywords

EID: 69649095115     PISSN: 00111384     EISSN: 17459125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-9125.2009.00165.x     Document Type: Article

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