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Using Simulation to Analyze Interrupted Time Series Designs [PDF]
arXiv, 2020 We are sometimes forced to use the Interrupted Time Series (ITS) design as an identification strategy for potential policy change, such as when we only have a single treated unit and no comparable controls. For example, with recent county- and state-wide criminal justice reform efforts, where judicial bodies have changed bail setting practices for ...
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Behavioral Sciences &the Law, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The Pareto principle is based on the concept that roughly 80% of outcomes are generated by 20% of inputs, efforts, or contributors within a group. Using a national sample of U.S. prison inmates, we examined various percentile rankings of self‐reported institutional misconduct to determine how much disorder is created behind bars by the most ...
Mark A. Morgan +3 more
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When Should We (Not) Interpret Linear IV Estimands as LATE? [PDF]
arXiv, 2020 In this paper I revisit the interpretation of the linear instrumental variables (IV) estimand as a weighted average of conditional local average treatment effects (LATEs). I focus on a situation in which additional covariates are required for identification while the reduced-form and first-stage regressions may be misspecified due to an implicit ...
arxiv
BMJ Paediatrics Open, 2018 In April 2018, the US government introduced a ‘zero tolerance’ illegal immigration control strategy at the US-Mexico border resulting in the detention of all adults awaiting federal prosecution for illegal entry and the subsequent removal of their ...
Laura C N Wood
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FY 1997 Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act Compliance Monitoring Report [PDF]
, 1997 The Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act (JJDPA) mandates removal of status offenders and nonoffenders from secure detention and correctional facilities, sight and sound separation of juveniles and adults, and removal of juveniles from adult ...
Curtis, Richard W., Schafer, N. E.
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Risk Perception and Risk Communication: Multi‐Actor Perspectives on Pretrial Decision‐Making
Behavioral Sciences &the Law, EarlyView.ABSTRACT As jurisdictions across the United States implement pretrial risk assessments to advance pretrial reform, there has been a limited research focus on factors affecting risk assessment‐guided decision‐making. To advance this work, this study examined: (1) differences in perceptions of risk and utility of risk assessment information by criminal ...
Ashley E. Rodriguez +2 more
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Further Punishing the Wrongfully Accused: Manuel v. City of Joliet, the Fourth Amendment, and Malicious Prosecution [PDF]
, 2016 Manuel v. City of Joliet is before the Supreme Court to determine whether detention before trial without probable cause is a violation of the Fourth Amendment, or whether it is merely a violation of the Due Process Clause.
Holley, James R.
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Behavioral Sciences &the Law, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Prior theoretical and empirical research examining the influence of sex on sentencing has been primarily concerned with the sex of the offender, as opposed to the victim. The present study drew on a convenience sample of males (n = 1190) in state and federal correctional facilities across the country, examining minimum sentences in relation to
Shawn M. Rolfe +2 more
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Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2018 Background: Previous studies have reported a high prevalence of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) among people living in detention (PLD) corresponding to a five- to ten-fold increase compared to the general population.
Stéphanie Baggio +12 more
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