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Uses and abuses of empirical evidence in the death penalty debate

Donohue, John J.; Wolfers, Justin - 2006

Does the death penalty save lives? A surge of recent interest in this question has yielded a series of papers purporting to show robust and precise estimates of a substantial deterrent effect of capital punishment. We assess the various approaches that have been used in this literature, testing...

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Prison conditions and recidivism

Drago, Francesco; Galbiati, Roberto; Vertova, Pietro - 2008

We use a unique data set on post-release behavior of former Italian inmates to estimate the effect of prison conditions on recidivism. By combining different sources of data we exploit variation in prison conditions measured by: 1) the extent of overcrowding at the prison level, 2) the number of...

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Welfare Costs of Crime and Common Violence: A Critical Review

Soares, Rodrigo R. - 2010

This paper critically reviews a vast array of literature on the costs of crime and common violence. Using a simple … economic model of crime as a theoretical benchmark, we conceptually discuss the estimates available and their potential use as …

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Crime, punishment and the measurement of poverty in the United States, 1979-1997

Irvine, Ian; Xu, Kuan - 2002

The rate of incarceration has increased dramatically in the U.S. since 1980. We explore the implications of this increased incarceration on national poverty measurement using micro data for the period 1979-1997. We make use of an as-yet unexplored data set on prisoner earnings, in conjunction...

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Kriminalität: Abschreckung wirkt

Entorf, Horst; Spengler, Hannes - In: DIW Wochenbericht 72 (2005) 38, pp. 543-552

Eine Analyse amtlicher Daten für die Jahre 1977 bis 2001 liefert deutliche Anzeichen für die Wirksamkeit polizeilicher Arbeit und gerichtlicher Sanktionen. Als wichtigster kriminalitätsreduzierender Faktor erwies sich die Wahrscheinlichkeit der Aufklärung von Straftaten und der Verurteilung...

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The deterrent effects of prison: evidence from a natural experiment

Drago, Francesco; Galbiati, Roberto; Vertova, Pietro - 2007

punishment to former inmates recommitting a crime can be considered as good as randomly assigned. Based on a unique data set on … recommit a crime by 1.24 percent: this corroborates the general deterrence hypothesis. However, this effect depends on the time …

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The intergenerational effects of parental incarceration

Dobbie, Will; Grönqvist, Hans; Niknami, Susan; Palme, … - 2019

in childhood leads to a significant increase in teen crime and significant decreases in educational attainment and adult …

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Incarceration and Crime: Lessons from California’s Public Safety Realignment Reform

Lofstrom, Magnus; Raphael, Steven - In: CESifo DICE Report 12 (2014) 4, pp. 40-46

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Accounting for the racial property crime gap in the US: A quantitative equilibrium analysis

Cozzi, Marco - 2010

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 …

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At the mercy of the prisoner next door: Using an experimental measure of selfishness as a criminological tool

Chmura, Thorsten; Engel, Christoph; Englerth, Markus; … - 2010

calls for more refined versions of utility in rational choice theories of crime. Prisoners do not give less than average …

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