, primarily through an increase in guilty pleas. Pre-trial detention has no detectable effect on future crime, but decreases pre …-trial crime and failures to appear in court. We also find suggestive evidence that pre-trial detention decreases formal sector …

Provided that the literature on the deterrent effect of capital punishment is overall inconclusive, the fact that …

purporting to show robust and precise estimates of a substantial deterrent effect of capital punishment. We assess the various … deterrent effect of the death penalty, but profound uncertainty -- even about its sign. -- execution ; capital punishment … ; homicide ; crime ; death penalty ; differences-in-differences ; murder ; deterrence …