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Pretrial juvenile detention

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Jason Baron, E; Jacob, B; Ryan, J
Published in: Journal of Public Economics
January 1, 2023

Roughly one in four juveniles arrested in the U.S. spend time in a detention center prior to their court date. To study the consequences of this practice for youth, we link the universe of individual public school records in Michigan to juvenile and adult criminal justice records. Using a selection-on-observables design, we estimate that juvenile detention leads to a 38% decline in the likelihood of graduating high school and a 27% increase in the likelihood of being arrested as an adult by age 19. Falsification tests suggest the results are not driven by unobserved heterogeneity.

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Journal of Public Economics

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0047-2727

Publication Date

January 1, 2023

Volume

217

Related Subject Headings

  • Economics
  • 3803 Economic theory
  • 3801 Applied economics
  • 1403 Econometrics
  • 1402 Applied Economics
  • 1401 Economic Theory
 

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Jason Baron, E., Jacob, B., & Ryan, J. (2023). Pretrial juvenile detention. Journal of Public Economics, 217. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpubeco.2022.104798
Jason Baron, E., B. Jacob, and J. Ryan. “Pretrial juvenile detention.” Journal of Public Economics 217 (January 1, 2023). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpubeco.2022.104798.
Jason Baron E, Jacob B, Ryan J. Pretrial juvenile detention. Journal of Public Economics. 2023 Jan 1;217.
Jason Baron, E., et al. “Pretrial juvenile detention.” Journal of Public Economics, vol. 217, Jan. 2023. Scopus, doi:10.1016/j.jpubeco.2022.104798.
Jason Baron E, Jacob B, Ryan J. Pretrial juvenile detention. Journal of Public Economics. 2023 Jan 1;217.
Journal cover image

Published In

Journal of Public Economics

DOI

ISSN

0047-2727

Publication Date

January 1, 2023

Volume

217

Related Subject Headings

  • Economics
  • 3803 Economic theory
  • 3801 Applied economics
  • 1403 Econometrics
  • 1402 Applied Economics
  • 1401 Economic Theory