Tough on Young Offenders: Harmful or Helpful?
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Giulia Lotti Giulia Lotti is Senior Economist at the Inter-American Development Bank (glotti{at}iadb.org) and Research Associate at CAGE Warwick.
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Lotti (2020) finds that a reform in England and Wales shifting from strict warehousing to rehabilitating young offenders decreased recidivism substantially.
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Prison conditions may in part determine the effect of incarceration on rehabilitation.
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- Authors
- Lotti, G.
- Affiliations
- Inter-American Development Bank (US)
- Corresponding author
- Lotti, Giulia
- ORCID
- Lotti, Giulia
- Venue
- Journal of Human Resources
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press
- Published
- 2020-04-09
- Volume
- 57
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 1276-1310
- ISSN
- 0022-166X (ISSN-L)
- 1548-8004
- OpenAlex
- W2508837636
- Cited by
- 13
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 5 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 2
- FWCI
- 1.67
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- The Journal of Human Resources (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Crime Patterns and Interventions
- Social Sciences › Law › Criminal Justice and Penology
- Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Law, Economics, and Judicial Systems
- Keywords
- juvenile offenders, juvenile justice, criminal justice policy
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