The LACPR involved more than 19 countries, and cost around 1.51 billion dollars.
Results
Almost two decades after its implementation, the impact of the most significant procedural reform undertaken on the continent remains largely unexplored.
Using Colombia as a study case, I explore the LACPR effect in pre-trial detentions using two methodological strategies.
I exploit the exogenous variation resulting from the LACPR gradual implementation to estimate a difference-in-difference and an event study model.
I estimate the impact of the LACPR in pre-trial admission and release rates using a regression analysis controlling for co-founding variables and time-trends.
The results provide compelling evidence that the U.S adversarial model decreased the number of inmates in pre-trial detention, male detainees.
Conclusion
The results show that the decline is not associated with a decrease in the use of pre-trial detention but to an increase in procedural speediness.
Zorro Medina, Angela, The Failed War on Pre-Trial Detention: Evidence from a Quasi-Experimental Reform (January 15, 2020).
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