Conscription And Crime

The initiation in criminal activities is, typically, a young phenomenon. The study of the determinants of entry into criminal activities should pay attention to major events affecting youth. In many countries, one of these important events is mandatory participation in military service. The objectiv...

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Main Authors:	Galiani, Sebastian, Rossi, Martin, Schargrodsky, Ernesto
Language:	English
Published:	http://communicate.worldbank.org/commnet/jobs 2012
Subjects:	World Development Report 2007
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9070

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spelling	okr-10986-90702021-04-23T14:02:44Z Conscription And Crime Galiani, Sebastian Rossi, Martin Schargrodsky, Ernesto World Development Report 2007 The initiation in criminal activities is, typically, a young phenomenon. The study of the determinants of entry into criminal activities should pay attention to major events affecting youth. In many countries, one of these important events is mandatory participation in military service. The objective of this study is to estimate the causal relationship between mandatory participation in military service and crime. The authors exploit the random assignment through a draft lottery of young men to conscription in Argentina to identify this causal effect. Their results suggest that participation in military service increased the likelihood of developing a criminal record in adulthood (in particular, for property and weapon-related crimes). 2012-06-26T15:37:23Z 2012-06-26T15:37:23Z 2006 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9070 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank http://communicate.worldbank.org/commnet/jobs Latin America & Caribbean East Asia and Pacific
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description	The initiation in criminal activities is, typically, a young phenomenon. The study of the determinants of entry into criminal activities should pay attention to major events affecting youth. In many countries, one of these important events is mandatory participation in military service. The objective of this study is to estimate the causal relationship between mandatory participation in military service and crime. The authors exploit the random assignment through a draft lottery of young men to conscription in Argentina to identify this causal effect. Their results suggest that participation in military service increased the likelihood of developing a criminal record in adulthood (in particular, for property and weapon-related crimes).
author	Galiani, Sebastian Rossi, Martin Schargrodsky, Ernesto
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title	Conscription And Crime
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Conscription And Crime

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