Recidivism and Social Interactions ∗ (To Appear in the Journal of the American Statistical Association)

University of Wisconsin-Madison for their valuable suggestions and comments. Finally, I would like to thank an anonymous referee for helpful suggestions and the editor of the Journal of the American Statistical Association (Applications and Case Studies), Mark S. Kaiser, for his careful reading of the earlier versions of the manuscript and constructive criticism for improving the manuscript. The usual caveat applies however: all errors are mine