eprintid: 12805
rev_number: 5
eprint_status: archive
userid: 1
dir: disk0/00/01/28/05
datestamp: 2011-12-02 14:06:15
lastmod: 2015-04-25 06:08:24
status_changed: 2012-08-15 09:03:07
type: workingPaper
metadata_visibility: show
creators_name: Pichler, Stefan
creators_name: Römer, Daniel
title: Juvenile Law and Recidivism in Germany – New Evidence from the Old Continent
ispublished: pub
subjects: ddc-330
divisions: i-181000
keywords: crime , juvenile recidivism , regression discontinuity , bivariate probit
abstract: In this paper, we analyze the effect of the criminal justice system on juvenile recidivism. Using a unique sample of German inmates, we are able to disentangle the selection into criminal and juvenile law from the subsequent recidivism decision of the inmate. We base our identification strategy on two distinct methods. First, we jointly estimate selection and recidivism in a bivariate probit model. In a second step, we use a discontinuity in law assignment created by German legislation and apply a (fuzzy) regression discontinuity design. In contrast to the bulk of the literature, which mainly relies on US data, we do not find that the application of criminal law increases juvenile recidivism. Rather, our results suggest that sentencing adolescents as adults reduces recidivism in Germany.
abstract_translated_lang: eng
class_scheme: jel
class_labels: K14, C21, C14, K42
date: 2011
date_type: published
id_scheme: DOI
id_number: 10.11588/heidok.00012805
schriftenreihe_cluster_id: sr-3
schriftenreihe_order: 0519
ppn_swb: 1651078610
own_urn: urn:nbn:de:bsz:16-opus-128050
language: eng
bibsort: PICHLERSTEJUVENILELA2011
full_text_status: public
citation:   Pichler, Stefan ; Römer, Daniel  (2011) Juvenile Law and Recidivism in Germany – New Evidence from the Old Continent.  [Working paper]     
document_url: https://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/volltextserver/12805/1/pichler_roemer_2011_dp519.pdf