Chart of the Week: Moving from the Juvenile to Adult Justice System
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Today's Chart of the Week comes from the paper “Estimating the Impact of the Age of Criminal Majority: Decomposing Multiple Treatments in a Regression Discontinuity Framework” by Michael Mueller-Smith, Benjamin Pyle, and Caroline Walker. The paper looks at the effect of moving from the juvenile justice system to the adult justice system by examining cases in Detroit. When looking only at the effect of moving from the juvenile justice system to the adult justice system, two countervailing effects are apparent. Those in the adult system are less likely to commit crimes or be convicted of crimes in the future, but they also have lower earnings and employment. Therefore, being tried in the adult system improves recidivism risk, but it has a negative effect on future labor market outcomes.
Chart of the Week: Moving from the Juvenile to Adult Justice System
Chart of the Week: Moving from the Juvenile…
Chart of the Week: Moving from the Juvenile to Adult Justice System
Today's Chart of the Week comes from the paper “Estimating the Impact of the Age of Criminal Majority: Decomposing Multiple Treatments in a Regression Discontinuity Framework” by Michael Mueller-Smith, Benjamin Pyle, and Caroline Walker. The paper looks at the effect of moving from the juvenile justice system to the adult justice system by examining cases in Detroit. When looking only at the effect of moving from the juvenile justice system to the adult justice system, two countervailing effects are apparent. Those in the adult system are less likely to commit crimes or be convicted of crimes in the future, but they also have lower earnings and employment. Therefore, being tried in the adult system improves recidivism risk, but it has a negative effect on future labor market outcomes.