Synthetic Control Analysis of the Short-Term Impact of New York State’s Bail Elimination Act on Aggregate Crime
AbstractWe conduct an empirical evaluation of the short-term impact of New York’s bail reform on crime. New York State’s Bail Elimination Act went into effect on January 1, 2020, eliminating money bail and pretrial detention for nearly all misdemeanor and nonviolent felony defendants. Our analysis o...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Taylor & Francis Group
2023-12-01
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Series: | Statistics and Public Policy |
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Online Access: | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/2330443X.2023.2267617 |