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The effect of sentencing reform on crime rates : evidence from California's proposition 47
Domínguez, Patricio; Lofstrom, Magnus; Raphael, Steven - 2019
We evaluate whether California's state proposition 47 impacted state violent and property crime rates. Passed by the voters in November 2014, the proposition redefined many less serious property and drug offenses that in the past could be charged as either a felony or misdemeanor to straight...
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The impact of fine size and uncertainty on punishment and deterrence : theory and evidence from the laboratory
Feess, Eberhard; Schildberg-Hörisch, Hannah; Schramm, … - 2015
of fines on punishment and deterrence. Partial effects are effects on potential violators' and punishers' decisions when …
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Turning the lab into Jeremy Bentham's panopticon : the effect of punishment on offenders and non-offenders
Engel, Christoph; Irlenbusch, Bernd - 2010
The most famous element in Bentham's theory of punishment, the Panopticon Prison, expresses his view of the two … purposes of punishment, deterrence and special prevention. We investigate Bentham's intuition in a public goods lab experiment … by manipulating how much information on punishment experienced by others is available to would-be offenders. Compared …
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Econometric estimates of deterrence of the death penalty : facts or ideology?
Kirchgässner, Gebhard - 2011
In 2007, the Wall Street Journal published an article claiming that each execution saves more than 70 lives. This example is used to show how easy it is, using simple or advanced econometric techniques, to produce results that do or do not support the deterrence hypothesis. Moreover, we also...
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The Deterrent Effect of the Death Penalty? Evidence from British Commutations During World War I
Chen, Daniel L. - 2020
During World War I, the British military condemned over 3,000 soldiers to death, but only executed 12%; the others received commuted sentences. Many historians believe that the military command confirmed or commuted sentences for reasons unrelated to the circumstances of a particular case and...
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The Effect of Type-1 Error on Deterrence
Lando, Henrik - 2020
A common view in the law and economics literature holds that equal increases in type-1 and type-2 error lower deterrence by the same amount. We demonstrate that this view is generally incorrect both when the court's error concerns the assessment of the alleged offender's act (mistake of act) and...
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Deterrence and the Optimality of Rewarding Prisoners for Good Behavior
Polinsky, A. Mitchell - 2015
In this article I examine the social desirability of rewarding prisoners for good behavior, either by reducing their sentences (granting “time off”), converting part of their sentences to a period of parole, or providing them with privileges in prison. Rewarding good behavior reduces the...
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Let the Punishment Fit the Criminal : Punishment Progressivity in a Self-governed Community in Southeastern Spain
Donna, Javier D. - 2019
We investigate the roles of individual characteristics and punishment progressivity on crime. Our analysis reconciles …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012903949
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The Optimal Deterrence of Crime : A Focus on the Time Preference of DWI Offenders
Wang, Yuqing; Pei, Yan Ru - 2019
We develop a general model for finding the optimal penal strategy based on the behavioral traits of the offenders. We focus on how the discount rate (level of time discounting) affects criminal propensity on the individual level, and how the aggregation of these effects influences criminal...
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Does Capital Punishment Have a Deterrent Effect? New Evidence from Post-Moratorium Panel Data
Dezhbakhsh, Hashem; Rubin, Paul H.; Shepherd, Joanna - 2003
Evidence on the deterrent effect of capital punishment is important for many states that are currently reconsidering … punishment has a strong deterrent effect; each execution results, on average, in 18 fewer murders - with a margin of error of …
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