identify incapacitation from changes in deterrence. The elasticity of total crime with respect to incapacitation is between -20 …

This survey summarizes the classical fundamentals of modern deterrence theory, covers major theoretical and empirical … 'rational' deterrence strategies in subcultural societies. …

In this paper we test for the theory of deterrence. We exploit the natural experiment provided by the Collective … recommit a crime by 1.24 percent: this corroborates the general deterrence hypothesis. However, this effect depends on the time … the prison spell. This second result can be hardly reconciled with the specific deterrence hypothesis according to which a …

Globalization is not only about the rise of trade, FDI, and migration. It is also about the changing linkages among … these flows. The main findings of the paper can be summarized as follows. First, at least in the nineties, import trade … liberalization fostered not only trade but also inward investment, confirming that trade and FDI toward developing countries have …