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Punitive police? : agency costs, law enforcement, and criminal procedure
Dharmapala, Dhammika; Garoupa, Nuno; McAdams, Richard H. - 2015 - Revised version: April 2015
evidence on punishment preferences, in which subjects reveal a heterogeneous preference for punishing wrongdoers, our model … identifies circumstances in which “punitive” individuals (with stronger-than-average punishment preferences) will self …-select into law enforcement jobs that offer the opportunity to punish (or facilitate the punishment of) wrongdoers. Such “punitive …
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The economic analysis of criminal law
Shepherd, Joanna M.; Rubin, Paul H. - 2013
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Should offenders' gains be counted? : on efficient crimes and unjust laws
Miceli, Thomas J. - 2021
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The Theory of Penalties and the Economics of Criminal Law
Hylton, Keith N. - 2005
This paper presents a model of penalties that reconciles the conflicting accounts optimal punishment by Becker, who …
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Experimental criminal law : a survey of contributions from law, economics and criminology
Engel, Christoph - 2016
In three distinct disciplines, crime and punishment are studied experimentally: in empirical legal studies, in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011455955
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The Importance of Criminal Law
Amirthalingam, Kumaralingam - 2019
The Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore has been deeply involved in the teaching, research and practice of criminal law in Singapore since its early days. Pioneer members of the faculty developed teaching and resource materials which subsequent generations of scholars have built on....
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Cartel behavior and efficient sanctioning by criminal sentences
Wein, Thomas - 2020
Becker's theory of crime, penalties must be at least as high as expected benefits to deter crimes. For example, we start by … multiplying cartel infringement by the reciprocal of the probability of detection and punishment. When we factor in expected … personal benefits. In theory, deterrence to participate in cartel activities must be based both on the incentives of firms as a …
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Do We Really Need Criminal Sanctions for the Enforcement of EU Law?
Öberg, Jacob - 2021
This article examines how the ‘essentiality’ requirement can limit the exercise of the EU’s criminal law competence under Article 83(2) TFEU. Building on criminological research, and contextual and principled considerations, it argues for an evidence-based approach to the...
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Terror and Tenderness in Criminal Law
Hanan, Eve - 2023
while masking the state’s power to invoke terror through policing, prosecution, and punishment. An emotional sleight of hand … punishment and who merits mercy. This liberal conceptualization of meritocracy shifts responsibility for the harshness of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014346273
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Experimental Criminal Law. A Survey of Contributions from Law, Economics and Criminology
Engel, Christoph - 2016
In three distinct disciplines, crime and punishment are studied experimentally: in empirical legal studies, in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012993829