William Arbour

ORCID: 0009-0007-3889-8855
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Research Areas
  • Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis
  • Advanced Causal Inference Techniques
  • Crime Patterns and Interventions
  • Law, Economics, and Judicial Systems
  • Economic Policies and Impacts
  • Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications
  • Social Sciences and Governance
  • Philosophy, Sociology, Political Theory
  • Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare

Université de Montréal
2024

University of Toronto
2021-2022

Economic and Social Research Institute
2022

Université Laval
2022

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10.2139/ssrn.4444790 article EN SSRN Electronic Journal 2023-01-01

<h3>Abstract</h3> Increasing evidence suggests that incarceration can improve the social reintegration of inmates in some circumstances. Yet, mechanisms through which may favor rehabilitation remain unknown. This paper exploits variations program availability to estimate their effects. We find programs decrease reincarceration. However, this is mitigated by an increase future community sentences, usually associated with milder offenses. Programs addressing violence issues, education and...

10.3368/jhr.1021-11933r2 article EN cc-by-nc-nd The Journal of Human Resources 2024-02-05

Increasing evidence suggests that incarceration, under certain circumstances, can improve inmates' social reintegration upon release. Yet, the mechanisms through which incarceration lead to successful rehabilitation remain largely unknown. This paper finds participation in programs while incarcerated significantly reduce recidivism. result is entirely driven by inmates whose risk and needs were evaluated a widely used assessment tool identifying their criminogenic needs. For this group, we...

10.2139/ssrn.3762892 article EN SSRN Electronic Journal 2021-01-01

Increasing evidence suggests that incarceration can improve inmates' social reintegration under certain circumstances. Yet, the mechanisms through which may lead to successful rehabilitation remain largely unknown. This paper finds participation in programs significantly reduce recidivism only when inmates are evaluated by an assessment tool allows identify their criminogenic needs. targeting needs is crucial for rehabilitation. We also find with a high risk score or who exhibit procriminal...

10.2139/ssrn.3761992 article EN SSRN Electronic Journal 2021-01-01

Download This Paper Open PDF in Browser Add to My Library Share: Permalink Using these links will ensure access this page indefinitely Copy URL Parole, recidivism, and the role of supervised transition Melbourne Institute Working No. 12/22 41 Pages Posted: 2 Jun 2022 See all articles by William ArbourWilliam ArbourUniversity Toronto - Department EconomicsSteeve MarchandUniversity Institute: Applied Economic & Social Research There are versions paper Recidivism, Role Supervised Transition...

10.2139/ssrn.4125892 article EN SSRN Electronic Journal 2022-01-01

Download This Paper Open PDF in Browser Add to My Library Share: Permalink Using these links will ensure access this page indefinitely Copy URL Parole, Recidivism, and the Role of Supervised Transition 38 Pages Posted: 25 May 2022 See all articles by William ArbourWilliam ArbourUniversity Toronto - Department EconomicsSteeve MarchandUniversity Melbourne Institute: Applied Economic & Social Research Date Written: 19, Abstract We estimate causal effect parole on recidivism exploiting random...

10.2139/ssrn.4114251 article EN SSRN Electronic Journal 2022-01-01
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