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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

crime, and the penalty and probability of detection. We find that the probability of stealing is increasing in the amount of …

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 …

fraud in a high-stakes high school exit exam, which introduced CCTV monitoring of the exam and credible punishment threats … monitoring increased the effectiveness of the punishment threats. Estimating the heterogeneous impact for students of different …

of fines on punishment and deterrence. Partial effects are effects on potential violators' and punishers' decisions when …

recidivating within a year by 20 percent. This is largely a specific deterrence effect driven by the punishment itself and not by …