Publication: Standing in prisoners’ shoes: a randomized trial on how incarceration shapes criminal justice preferences
Standing in prisoners’ shoes: a randomized trial on how incarceration shapes criminal justice preferences
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Arman, A., Beerli, A., Henkel, A., & Maréchal, M. (2026). Standing in prisoners’ shoes: a randomized trial on how incarceration shapes criminal justice preferences (No. 485; Working Paper Series / Department of Economics).
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We study how incarceration experience shapes preferences for criminal justice policies. In collaboration with a newly opened prison, we conducted a randomized field experiment that o!ered citizens the opportunity to experience up to two days of incarceration, closely replicating the real-life journey of inmates. Providing citizens with a chance to gain firsthand incarceration leads to a significant shift in punitive attitudes, with participants becoming less supportive of harsh criminal justice policies and donating more money to orga
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Arman, A., Beerli, A., Henkel, A., & Maréchal, M. (2026). Standing in prisoners’ shoes: a randomized trial on how incarceration shapes criminal justice preferences (No. 485; Working Paper Series / Department of Economics).
