The number of prisoners incarcerated on drug-related offenses rose fifteen-fold between 1980 and 2000. This paper … increase in drug prisoners led to reductions in expected time served for other crimes, especially for less serious offenses …. Reductions in time served, however, increased other crimes by no more than a few percent. Moreover, incarcerating drug offenders …

The number of prisoners incarcerated on drug-related offenses rose fifteen-fold between 1980 and 2000. This paper … increase in drug prisoners led to reductions in expected time served for other crimes, especially for less serious offenses …. Reductions in time served, however, increased other crimes by no more than a few percent. Moreover, incarcerating drug offenders …

We analyze a unique data set detailing the financial activities of a drug-selling street gang on a monthly basis over a …, contain detailed information on both the sources of revenues (e.g. drug sales, extortion) and expenditrues (e.g. costs of … drugs sold, weapons, tribute to the central gang organization, wages paid to various levels of the gang). Street-level drug …

We analyze a unique data set detailing the financial activities of a drug-selling street gang on a monthly basis over a …, contain detailed information on both the sources of revenues (e.g. drug sales, extortion) and expenditrues (e.g. costs of … drugs sold, weapons, tribute to the central gang organization, wages paid to various levels of the gang). Street-level drug …