Mental Health Consequences of Correctional SentencingIndian Rupee

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Bhuller, Manudeep; Khoury, Laura; V. Loken, Katrine
• 署名单位: University of Oslo; Statistics Norway; Leibniz Association; Ifo Institut; Universite PSL; Universite Paris-Dauphine; University of Bergen; Norwegian School of Economics (NHH); Statistics Norway
• 刊物名称: AMERICAN ECONOMIC JOURNAL-ECONOMIC POLICY
• ISSN/ISSBN: 1945-7731
• DOI: 10.1257/pol.20220227
• 发表日期: 2025
• 页码: 70-105
• 关键词: prison; incarceration; release

摘要

Understanding whether and in what situations correctional sentencing improves or exacerbates defendants' mental health conditions is important for the design of criminal justice policies. We combine detailed Norwegian data on visits to health care professionals with quasi-experimental designs to measure the impacts of correctional sentences on mental health-related visits. Our causal evidence shows that rehabilitation-oriented sentencing can improve defendants' mental health conditions. We find that these effects are persistent and unlikely driven by shifts in health care demand. We interpret these findings in light of the rehabilitative focus of the Norwegian correctional system. (JEL I12, I18, K42)