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Carrots, Sticks and Broken Windows
Corman, Hope - 2002
. While both economic and deterrence variables are important in explaining the decline in crime, the contribution of …
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Optimal Law Enforcement with Self-Reporting of Behavior
Kaplow, Louis - 1991
Self-reporting -- the reporting by parties of their own behavior to an enforcement authority -- is a commonly observed aspect of law enforcement, as in the context of environmental and safety regulation. We add self-reporting to the model of the control of harmful externalities through...
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Estimating the Impact of the Age of Criminal Majority : Decomposing Multiple Treatments in a Regression Discontinuity Framework
Mueller-Smith, Michael; Pyle, Benjamin; Walker, Caroline - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
This paper studies the impact of adult prosecution on recidivism and employment trajectories for adolescent, first-time felony defendants. We use extensive linked Criminal Justice Admin- istrative Record System and socio-economic data from Wayne County, Michigan (Detroit). Using the discrete age...
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Corruption and Optimal Law Enforcement
Polinsky, A. Mitchell - 1999
This article analyzes corruption of law enforcement agents: payment of bribes to agents so that they will not report violations. Corruption dilutes deterrence because bribe payments are less than sanctions. The state may not be able to offset this effect of bribery by raising sanctions for the...
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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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Market Structure and Extortion : Evidence from 50,000 Extortion Payments
Brown, Zach Y. - 2020
How do gangs compete for extortion? Using detailed data on individual extortion payments to gangs and sales from a leading wholesale distribution firm in El Salvador, we document new evidence on the determinants of extortion payments and the economic costs of extortion via pass-through. We...
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Gang rule : Understanding and Countering Criminal Governance
Blattman, Christopher; Duncan, Gustavo; Lessing, Benjamin; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
Gangs govern millions worldwide. Why rule? And how do they respond to states? Many argue that criminal rule provides protection when states do not, and that increasing state services could crowd gangs out. We began by interviewing leaders from 30 criminal groups in Medellin. The conventional...
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A Cure for Crime? Psycho-Pharmaceuticals and Crime Trends
Marcotte, Dave E. - 2009
therapies and crime rates. We describe recent trends in crime and review the evidence showing mental illness as a clear risk … pharmaceutical therapies for the treatment of mental illness which diffused during the "great American crime decline." We examine … limited international data, as well as more detailed American data to assess the relationship between crime rates and rates of …
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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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Does Movie Violence Increase Violent Crime?
Dahl, Gordon - 2008
media violence affects violent crime in the field. We exploit variation in the violence of blockbuster movies from 1995 to … 2004, and study the effect on same-day assaults. We find that violent crime decreases on days with larger theater audiences … the audience for violent movies reduces violent crime by 1.1 to 1.3 percent. After exposure to the movie, between 12AM and …
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