Synthetic Control Analysis of the Short-Term Impact of New York State’s Bail Elimination Act on Aggregate Crime

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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Main Authors: Angela Zhou, Andrew Koo, Nathan Kallus, Rene Ropac, Richard Peterson, Stephen Koppel, Tiffany Bergin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2023-12-01
Series:Statistics and Public Policy
Subjects:
Bail reform
Criminal justice
Program evaluation
Synthetic control
Online Access:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/2330443X.2023.2267617

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https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/2330443X.2023.2267617

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