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the recipient is a charity. Prisoners give more, not less. -- Inequity aversion ; crime ; dictator game ; selfishness …For a rational choice theorist, the absence of crime is more difficult to explain than its presence. Arguably, the … explain how imperfect criminal sanctions deter crime. The critical component of the theory is aversion against outperforming …
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For a rational choice theorist, the absence of crime is more difficult to explain than its presence. Arguably, the … explain how imperfect criminal sanctions deter crime. The critical component of the theory is aversion against outperforming … the recipient is a charity. Prisoners give more, not less …
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In three distinct disciplines, crime and punishment are studied experimentally: in empirical legal studies, in …
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that reduce the degree of selfishness of their inmates? Using a tried and tested tool from experimental economics, we cast … calls for more refined versions of utility in rational choice theories of crime. Prisoners do not give less than average … improve their marks over time. This suggests that this correctional intervention also reduces selfishness. …
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that reduce the degree of selfishness of their inmates? Using a tried and tested tool from experimental economics, we cast … calls for more refined versions of utility in rational choice theories of crime. Prisoners do not give less than average … improve their marks over time. This suggests that this correctional intervention also reduces selfishness. …
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regular citizens do not become more dishonest in response to crime-related reminders. Moreover, our experimental measure of …
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The Department of Justice entered into hundreds of deferred and non-prosecution agreements (DPAs and NPAs) with corporations over the last twenty years, and continues to increase the use of these agreements every year. However, there is no academic scholarship that explores whether the DOJ has...
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from tort law. My analysis suggests that society will make an activity a crime whenever the social benefits of changing …
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We conducted an experiment with 182 inmates from a maximum-security prison to analyze the impact of criminal identity on dishonest behavior. We randomly primed half of the prisoners to increase the mental saliency of their criminal identity, while treating the others as the control group. The...
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