the sanctions against criminal activity, or of the taxation of legal incomes, may weaken the social norm against crime … increase in the crime rate. We show that law enforcement policies may have dramatic and permanent efects on the crime rate, and …

This paper argues that the Economics of Crime concentrates too much on punishment as a policy to fight crime, which is … unwise for several reasons. There are important instances in which punishment simply cannot reduce crime. Several feasible … alternatives to punishment exist, such as offering positive incentives or handing out awards for law abiding behavior. These …

purporting to show robust and precise estimates of a substantial deterrent effect of capital punishment. We assess the various …

As crime becomes increasingly widespread it may be optimal not to lower but to increase the standard of evidence. Even … though a higher standard of evidence results in a lower expected penalty for all levels of crime, it increases the expected … penalty for high levels of crime relative to the expected penalty for lower levels of crime. Consequently, a high standard of …

equilibrium model is developed, exploiting these facts to quantitatively assess the race crime gap, that is the difference in … crime explained by the difference in observables. The model is calibrated relying on US data and solved numerically. The … model captures well relevant dimensions of the crime phenomenon, such as the inmates composition by race, employment status …

the 1930s and the 2000s, unemployment increased sharply, but crime and the severity of punishment, instead of rising … parole and on probation. Is this an anomaly, or does the 'free market' require massive state punishment? Why did the …

the oft-misunderstood role of crime and punishment in the capitalist mode of power and articulate a new theory and history …

parole and on probation. Is this an anomaly, or does the 'free market' require massive state punishment? Why did the …