This paper uses data from the Gothenburg District Court in Sweden and a research design that exploits the random …

This paper contributes to the debate on the impact of juvenile punishment on adult criminal recidivism and high school … completion. We link the universe of case files of those who were convicted of a crime as a juvenile between 1996 and 2012 in a … to utilize information on the exact types of crimes committed, as well as the type and duration of punishment imposed …

vigilante justice, as represented by peer-to-peer punishment, to delegated policing, as represented by the "hired gun" mechanism …

from substituting" fines for prison terms may raise the cost of imposing punishment. The objective of this paper is" to … Guidelines. We find evidence that the guidelines raise the cost of" punishment by nearly 5 percent of the total imprisonment cost …

of engaging in crime and therefore, a priori drawing the conclusion that criminal activity cannot be altered by … induced by capital punishment. Research findings about the deterrent effect of the death penalty evoke strong feelings, which … punishment is good or bad, nor does it provide any judgment about whether capital punishment should be implemented or abolished …

alone cannot identify the deterrent effect of capital punishment. How then should research proceed? It is tempting to impose … places and time. The results are findings of partial identification that bound the deterrent effect of capital punishment. By …