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Going Off Parole : How the Elimination of Discretionary Prison Release Affects the Social Cost of Crime
Kuziemko, Ilyana - 2007
In order to lengthen prison terms, many U.S. states have limited parole boards' traditional authority to grant early releases. I develop a framework in which the welfare effects of this reform depend on (1) the elasticity of future recidivism with respect to time in prison, (2) the accuracy of...
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Essays in the economics of crime and punishment
Becker, Gary Stanley (ed.); Landes, William M. (contributor) - 1974
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The Determinants of Punishment : Deterrence, Incapacitation and Vengeance
Glaeser, Edward L. - 2000
Does the economic model of optimal punishment explain the variation in the sentencing of murderers? As the model predicts, we find that murderers with a high expected probability of recidivism receive longer sentences. Sentences are longest in murder types where apprehension rates are low, and...
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The Causal Effect of Heat on Violence : Social Implications of Unmitigated Heat Among the Incarcerated
Mukherjee, Anita; Sanders, Nicholas J. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
Correctional facilities commonly lack climate control, producing a setting absent endogenous responses to hot weather like avoidance, adjustment, and mitigation. We study daily weather variation across the state of Mississippi, and show that high temperatures increase intense violence among the...
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Institutional Requirements for Effective Imposition of Fines
Piehl, Anne Morrison - 2010
A long theoretical literature in economics addresses the heavy reliance of the U.S. criminal justice system on very expensive forms of punishment - prison - when cheaper alternatives - such as fines and other sanctions - are available. This paper analyzes the role of fines as a criminal sanction...
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Public Safety through Private Action : An economic assessment of BIDs, locks, and citizen cooperation
Cook, Philip J. - 2010
analysis of crime and crime prevention policy. But the leading scholarly commentaries on the crime drop during the 1990s have … sort have the potential to both reduce crime rates and reduce arrests and imprisonment. Well-designed regulations and …One creative method to harness private action to cost-effective crime control is the creation of business improvement …
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Mental Health Treatment and Criminal Justice Outcomes
Frank, Richard - 2010
-effective way to reduce crime and lower criminal justice costs? This paper reviews and evaluates the evidence assessing the … potential of expansion of mental health services for reducing crime. Mental illness and symptoms of mental illness are highly … augment the empirical research base relating mental illness to crime. In a recent community sample of adults, we find higher …
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I'd rather be Hanged for a Sheep than a Lamb : The Unintended Consequences of 'Three-Strikes' Laws
Iyengar, Radha - 2008
Strong sentences are common "tough on crime" tool used to reduce the incentives for individuals to participate in … participating in crime may adjust. I use California's Three Strikes law to identify several effects of a large increase in the … combined with the high cost of violent crime relative to non-violent crime implies that Three Strikes may not be a cost …
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Why are Immigrants' Incarceration Rates so Low? Evidence on Selective Immigration, Deterrence, and Deportation
Butcher, Kristin F. - 2007
The perception that immigration adversely affects crime rates led to legislation in the 1990s that particularly …
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Crime and Punishment in the "American Dream"
Tella, Rafael Di - 2006
We observe that countries where belief in the "American dream" (i.e., effort pays) prevails also set harsher punishment for criminals. We know from previous work that beliefs are also correlated with several features of the economic system (taxation, social insurance, etc). Our objective is to...
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