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Renoncer à la liberté : Comprendre les choix des détenus en matière de libération conditionnelle

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  • Guy Lacroix
  • William Arbour

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→ Read the full report In Quebec, offenders sentenced to more than six months are eligible for parole once they have served one-third of their sentence. About half of eligible offenders choose to waive their right to attend a parole hearing. Why? A new CIRANO study (Lacroix et al., 2023) shows that for some offenders, the decision to renounce is actually a rational one. The results also suggest that parole has a significant impact on social reintegration. The study is based on exclusive administrative data from the Quebec Ministry of Public Security over a period of more than ten years. It is the only study conducted in Quebec that draws robust conclusions through the application of advanced econometric methods and machine learning techniques. → Lire le rapport complet Au Québec, les contrevenants condamnés à plus de six mois sont admissibles à la libération conditionnelle une fois qu’ils ont purgé un tiers de leur peine d’incarcération. Or, environ la moitié des contrevenants admissibles choisissent de renoncer à leur droit de se présenter à une audience pour libération conditionnelle. Pourquoi ? Une nouvelle étude CIRANO (Lacroix et al., 2023) montre que pour certains, la décision de renoncer est en fait rationnelle. Les résultats suggèrent aussi que la libération conditionnelle a des impacts significatifs sur la réinsertion sociale. L’étude s’appuie sur des données administratives exclusives provenant du ministère de la Sécurité publique sur une période de plus de dix ans. C’est la seule étude menée au Québec qui permet de tirer des conclusions robustes par l’application de méthodes économétriques avancées et de techniques d'apprentissage automatique.

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  • Guy Lacroix & William Arbour, 2024. "Renoncer à la liberté : Comprendre les choix des détenus en matière de libération conditionnelle," CIRANO Papers 2024pj-01, CIRANO.
  • Handle: RePEc:cir:circah:2024pj-01
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