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 …

purposes of punishment, deterrence and special prevention. We investigate Bentham's intuition in a public goods lab experiment … prevention effect but show that the deterrence effect is smaller the more information on individual punishment is available. …The most famous element in Bentham's theory of punishment, the Panopticon Prison, expresses his view of the two …

criminal opportunities. We focus on local non-rival crime deterrence that is more efficient against criminals pursuing domestic …

We provide evidence for a beneficial welfare impact of a crime policy that is targeted at strengthening victim …

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 …

several reasons. On the one hand, there are important instances in which punishment is unable to reduce crime or may even …The economics of crime concentrates on policies in the form of punishments. To adopt such a policy is unwise for …

This study empirically examines the relationship between crime, deterrence and unemployment in Greece. A regional … deterred by higher clear-up rates. Also for property crime rates, the results indicate that unemployment increases crime. For …