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Condiciones de Reclusión y Reincidencia: Evidencia de una expansión de cupos carcelario

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En este artículo estimo el efecto causal de las condiciones de reclusión sobre la reincidencia explotando la entrada en operación de nuevos centros de reclusión en Colombia. Entre marzo de 2010 y enero de 2013 entraron en funcionamiento diez nuevos centros de reclusión denominados de tercera generación. Estos centros cuentan con mejor infraestructura, servicios de alumbrado y alojamiento, redes eléctricas y sanitarias, y disposición de personal de vigilancia, administrativo y de rehabilitación para los internos. Los resultados con base en la información de más de 7,000 individuos trasladados a los nuevos centros dentro de los diez primeros días de operación, muestran que un incremento de una desviación está andar en la proporción del tiempo de reclusión que un interno pasa en los centros de tercera generación, está asociado con una disminución del 15.8% en la probabilidad de ser capturado en el ano siguiente a su egreso y eventualmente condenado.

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  • Santiago Tobón, 2017. "Condiciones de Reclusión y Reincidencia: Evidencia de una expansión de cupos carcelario," Documentos CEDE 15293, Universidad de los Andes, Facultad de Economía, CEDE.
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    Keywords

    Reincidencia; Condiciones de reclusión; Disuasión; Rehabilitación.;
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    JEL classification:

    • H41 - Public Economics - - Publicly Provided Goods - - - Public Goods
    • K14 - Law and Economics - - Basic Areas of Law - - - Criminal Law
    • K42 - Law and Economics - - Legal Procedure, the Legal System, and Illegal Behavior - - - Illegal Behavior and the Enforcement of Law

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