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Is Being 'Soft on Crime' the Solution to Rising Crime Rates? Evidence from Germany

Entorf, Horst; Spengler, Hannes - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008

, imprisonment) and severity (length of prison sentence, size of fine) of punishment are often small and insignificant. …

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Turning 18: What a Difference Application of Adult Criminal Law Makes

Entorf, Horst - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

This paper contributes to the literature on specific deterrence by addressing the issue of selecting adolescents into …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008804894

Crime, Prosecutors, and the Certainty of Conviction

Entorf, Horst - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

conviction play a major role in explaining the variation of crime rates, while the impact of the severity of punishment is small …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009003933

Criminal Victims, Victimized Criminals, or Both? A Deeper Look at the Victim-Offender Overlap

Entorf, Horst - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

Offenders are more likely than non-offenders to be victims, and victims are more likely than non-victims to be offenders. The overlap between offenders and victims is not well understood in criminology, and in the economics of crime the stylized empirical fact is even widely ignored. The paper...

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Crime and the Labour Market: Evidence from a Survey of Inmates

Entorf, Horst - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009

In this paper data from a survey of 1,771 inmates conducted in 31 German prisons provide microeconometric evidence on the relationship between individual anticipated labour market opportunities and the perceived probability of future recidivism. Results show that inmates with poor labour market...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004976902

Certainty and Severity of Sanctions in Classical and Behavioral Models of Deterrence: A Survey

Entorf, Horst - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

This survey summarizes the classical fundamentals of modern deterrence theory, covers major theoretical and empirical … findings on the impact of certainty and severity of punishment (and the interplay thereof) as well as underlying methodological … 'rational' deterrence strategies in subcultural societies. …

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