At European level crime among children represents a contemporary issue and in Romania, the philosophy of the new penal … code approved by Law No 286/2009 is shaped around punishment. Prevention policy in Romania and juvenile justice objectives …

may actually lead to the paradoxical result that more severe punishment for crime induces more crime. The law has … punishment of avoidance may induce more avoidance and more crime. The intuitive reason for the latter result is twofold: ex post … punishment of avoidance increases not only the costs but also the benefits of avoidance; and avoidance and crime are generally …

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 …

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 …

This paper extends the optimal law enforcement literature to organized crime. We model the criminal organization as a … organized crime. …

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 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 …