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crime as well as peer effects that determine youth criminal activities. This paper ex-plores these channels by examining … learning mechanisms. Peer maternal incarceration increases adolescent female criminal activities and reduces male crime and the …
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We study peer effects in crime by analyzing co-offending networks. We first provide a credible estimate of peer effects … criminal from each network that reduces total crime by the largest amount.Using longitudinal data, we are able to compare the … disappeared over time, we show that the theoretical predicted crime reduction is close to what is observed in the real world. We …
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females who commit the same crime and have the same prior criminal record be sentenced equally. Using data obtained from the …
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The Fair Sentencing Act of 2010 (FSA) affected the U.S. federal mandatory minimum sentencing laws for to crack cocaine offenders, and represented the first Congressional reform of sentencing laws in over 20 years. A primary goal of this legislation was to lessen the harshness of sentences for...
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earthquake decreased burglaries but left other crime types unaffected. The effect stays significant even after controlling for … theory of crime, value and specialization. We conclude that burglars respond to damages that devaluate their prospective … takings. Yet, they cannot shift their specialization and substitute burglaries with other crime types …
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by running Prisoner's Dilemma and Third Party Punishment games on three different pools of subjects; students, 'Ordinary … game with Third Party punishment, punishing less as well as tending to punish cooperation (almost as much) as defection …
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The trade-off between the immediate returns from committing a crime and the future costs of punishment depends on an … heterogeneity based on age, education, crime type, and nationality. Our estimates imply that the majority of deterrence is derived …
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This paper estimates the effect of a rehabilitative punishment on the post-release outcomes of juvenile criminals using … variety of research designs are used to isolate the effect of the juvenile punishment and to control for observable … characteristics of the young offenders. The juvenile punishment experiment was initially conducted in certain criminal courts only and …
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crime, and the penalty and probability of detection. We find that the probability of stealing is increasing in the amount of …
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double dividend in that it reduces both minor offenses and more severe crime. We develop a model of criminal subcultures in … attractive for some people who would otherwise commit more severe crime. If social status is sufficiently important in criminal … subcultures, zero-tolerance reduces crime across the board …
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