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c<strong>on</strong>trol group members who received the treatment anyway (Angrist, 2006, pp. 30-31).<br />
Thus, we get as close as possible to estimating the actual effect <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the treatment. <str<strong>on</strong>g>The</str<strong>on</strong>g> risk<br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> bias in the basic treatment as delivered approach is minimized in the IV model because<br />
treatment as assigned (ITT) is incorporated in the predicti<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> treatment take-up. Due to<br />
the random assignment, treatment status is independent <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> observable features <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the<br />
cases.<br />
Furthermore, by including interacti<strong>on</strong> terms between assigned treatment and<br />
selected <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>fender characteristics (subgroups) as instruments in the IV model, we can also<br />
account for their potential indirect impact <strong>on</strong> treatment take-up and use the resulting<br />
estimates to examine differential effects <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> subgroup membership <strong>on</strong> recidivism for LIS<br />
compliers.<br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>The</str<strong>on</strong>g> subgroups we explore include age, sex, race, socioec<strong>on</strong>omic status (based <strong>on</strong><br />
neighborhood-level data for the <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>fender’s recorded address), prior <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>fending record, and<br />
probati<strong>on</strong> regi<strong>on</strong> (West or Northeast). We include regi<strong>on</strong> as a subgroup because <strong>on</strong>ly two<br />
probati<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>ficers, <strong>on</strong>e from each regi<strong>on</strong>al unit, handled low-risk cases, whereas a much<br />
broader range <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>ficers was represented in the c<strong>on</strong>trol group. With such a limited<br />
number <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> low-intensity supervisi<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>ficers, it is likely that each <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>ficer’s pers<strong>on</strong>ality<br />
and willingness or ability to follow the experimental protocol could have affected the<br />
operati<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the low-intensity model. Unfortunately, the quality <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> additi<strong>on</strong>al data <strong>on</strong><br />
important crime risk and protective factors like marital status, employment, and drug,<br />
alcohol, medical, and psychological issues is poor. Reporting by probati<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>ficers <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />
these details is inc<strong>on</strong>sistent. Thus, we are unable to explore these additi<strong>on</strong>al factors.<br />
IV methods are applied using two-stage least-squares regressi<strong>on</strong> (2SLS), which is<br />
related to ordinary least-squares regressi<strong>on</strong> (OLS) and incorporates simultaneous<br />
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