Guarin, Arlen; Medina, Carlos; Tamayo, Jorge Andrés - 2013
punishment at age 18, mandated by law, has a deterrent effect on arrests. No deterrent effect was found on index, violent or … property crimes, but a deterrence effect was found on non-index crimes, specifically those related to drug consumption and … immediately after reaching 18 implies future differences in human capital formation. These results suggest a specific deterrence …