penalties arise only in the presence of secondary motives that value punishment in itself. Other motives that are unrelated to … the size of the punishment will also lead to distortions, but those cannot be corrected by restructuring penalties. The …

's incentives depart from those of a benevolent authority, which is the most frequent assumption made in the literature on crime …

evidence on punishment preferences, in which subjects reveal a heterogeneous preference for punishing wrongdoers, our model … identifies circumstances in which “punitive” individuals (with stronger-than-average punishment preferences) will self …-select into law enforcement jobs that offer the opportunity to punish (or facilitate the punishment of) wrongdoers. Such “punitive …

's incentives depart from those of a benevolent authority, which is the most frequent assumption made in the literature on crime …

This article examined how police- community partnership is visible in Nigeria and solves the problem of crime in … home the menace of crime prevention and detection by focusing on neighborhood groups been the panacea to reducing crime in … police and the community was that the police are seen as belonging to the community in this wise crime will be brought to its …

Gains from government crime-reducing programs are not always visible to the average citizen. The media overexpose crime … events, but the absence of crime rarely makes the news, increasing the risk that citizen may have inaccurate perceptions of … objective crime trends could have on such perceptions. The results show that information improves perceptions of safety and …