are extremely common. Extension of the 3.3%-5% to other capital and non-capital categories of crime is discussed, and …

white-collar plea bargaining and sentencing. Prosecutors' punishment intuitions and the strong white-collar defense bar will …

studies the effects of legal errors on crime and punishment rates, and to critically review studies that report on experiments …-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 …

evidence on punishment preferences, in which subjects reveal a heterogeneous preference for punishing wrongdoers, our model … identifies circumstances in which “punitive” individuals (with stronger-than-average punishment preferences) will self …-select into law enforcement jobs that offer the opportunity to punish (or facilitate the punishment of) wrongdoers. Such “punitive …

observationally equivalent to a compromise verdict. Intuitively, the fact finder chooses a more lenient sentence than the punishment … that fits the crime because he wants to mitigate the potential cost of a wrongful conviction; in turn, a lower cost of a …

economic theory? Which theory does empirical analysis of actual sentencing data support? I argue that there is a fundamental … theories. The results of that study are surprising and support neither theory-not only is there no evidence for a trial penalty …