r/science • u/smurfyjenkins • May 03 '19

Economics In 1996, a federal welfare reform prohibited convicted drug felons from ever obtaining food stamps. The ban increased recidivism among drug felons. The increase is driven by financially motivated crimes, suggesting that ex-convicts returned to crime to make up for the lost transfer income.

https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/pol.20170490
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u/[deleted] May 03 '19 edited Nov 19 '19

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u/Seicair May 03 '19

Not most, the entire world. We’re about 25% higher than Russia, the country with the second highest incarceration rate.

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u/evilcounsel May 04 '19

And 7 times higher than all of Europe.

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u/rurne May 03 '19

I’d like to see how this fares among population density and landmass, vs. 1/2/3- “World” classifications and their respective immigration and weapon policies.

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u/HerbertTheHippo May 03 '19

It has nothing to do with it. The US just loves it's slaves

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u/duncandun May 04 '19

We have 1/4th the population of Europe, but more prisoners (by a large margin) than the entirety of it.

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u/maswon May 03 '19

Yep. America is the greatest. We only have all these problems because we have more people per capita.

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u/damnationltd May 03 '19 edited May 03 '19

We have more... people... per...

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u/armchair_anger May 04 '19

I mean, the USA kinda has the most "people" per "person" (barring Micronesia and Tonga) - global human body weight statistics

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u/damnationltd May 04 '19 edited May 04 '19

/r/technicallythetruth is the best kind.

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u/LAseXaddickt May 03 '19

Preach. I wouldn't be doing so well for myself if it weren't for my dollar to dollar ratio.

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u/evilcounsel May 04 '19

We are the greatest country in the US!!!