study employs an extra-laboratory experiment in a German prison to test the effectiveness of deterrence. Subjects either … face potential punishment when stealing, or they can steal without deterrence. We confirm Gary Becker’s deterrence …Criminal law and economics rests on the expectation that deterrence incentives can be employed to reduce crime. Prison …

their effects on deterrence and punishment policy. Our purpose is to briefly summarize the theoretical literature that …-determination errors affect crime and punishment rates. Part 3 summaries, synthesizes and critiques experimental studies designed to test … state can dole out punishment, it must first identify a suspect and then produce sufficient evidence to persuade a judge and …

have a larger effect on deterrence than type-II errors. We test these predictions with a lab experiment where participants …The standard economic theory of crime deterrence predicts that the conviction of an innocent (type-I error) is as … detrimental to deterrence as the acquittal of a guilty individual (type-II error). In this paper, we qualify this result …

Ostracism, or exclusion by peers, has been practiced since ancient times as a severe form of punishment against … behavior and the functioning of a social group. We present data from a laboratory experiment, in which participants face a … form of punishment and decreases theft by excluded members once they are re-admitted into the group. However, it also leads …

In three distinct disciplines, crime and punishment are studied experimentally: in empirical legal studies, in …

environment. Using geocoded crime data and a novel source of within-city spatial and temporal variation in punishment severity, I … consistent with police treating enforcement effort and punishment severity as complementary. I also find that citywide crime and … punishment and suggests that certain types enforcement can be reduced without incurring large public safety costs …