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

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. …