Angela Zorro Medina
2020
The results provide compelling evidence that the U.S. adversarial model decreased the number of inmates in pre-trial detention, male detainees
Summary
Introduction
Results
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Almost two decades after its implementation, the impact of the most significant procedural reform undertaken on the continent remains largely unexplored.
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Using Colombia as a study case, I explore the LACPR effect in pre-trial detentions using two methodological strategies.
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I exploit the exogenous variation resulting from the LACPR gradual implementation to estimate a difference-in-difference and an event study model.
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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.
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The results provide compelling evidence that the U.S adversarial model decreased the number of inmates in pre-trial detention, male detainees.
Conclusion
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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.
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Zorro Medina, Angela, The Failed War on Pre-Trial Detention: Evidence from a Quasi-Experimental Reform (January 15, 2020).