Tag
incapacitation_effect
2 findings
Crime & justiceContemporaneous Crime Reduction in At-Risk YouthSYEP participation decreases overall summer arrests by 17% and felony arrests by 23%. Among the at-risk subgroup, participation reduces summer arrests by 2.75 percentage points (a 23% drop, p < 0.10) and total arrests by 34 per 1,000 youth (a 24% drop). Convictions drop by 31% overall and 2.09 percentage points among at-risk youth (p < 0.01).RCTCrime & justiceContemporaneous Incapacitation via Program Hours AllocationArrest reductions occur exclusively during the months of July and August when SYEP is actively operating (23% drop in felony arrests and 17% overall reduction), with arrest rates returning to baseline levels immediately in September after the 25-hour work schedules terminate.RCT