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Age-dependent court sentences and crime bunching : empirical evidence from Swedish administrative data

Tyrefors, Björn; Palme, Mårten; Priks, Mikael - 2017

during the week after this birthday. We do not, however, find that harsher punishment reduces the crime rate permanently. …" in the sense that more crimes were committed during the week prior to a 21st birthday, followed by a reduction in crime …

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A Test of Racial Bias in Capital Sentencing

Alesina, Alberto F.; La Ferrara, Eliana - 2011

This paper proposes a test of racial bias in capital sentencing based upon patterns of judicial errors in lower courts. We model the behavior of the trial court as minimizing a weighted sum of the probability of sentencing an innocent and that of letting a guilty defendant free. We define racial...

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Perceptions of the Criminal Justice System

Lochner, Lance - 2003

is little support, therefore, for the 'broken windows' theory of Wilson and Kelling (1982). Yet, perceptions do respond … to changes in an individual's own criminal and arrest history. Young males who engage in crime but are not arrested … to engage in crime during subsequent periods. Following an arrest, individuals commit less crime, consistent with …

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Visceral factors, criminal behavior and deterrence : empirical evidence and policy implications

Ghasemi, Mojtaba - In: European journal of law and economics 39 (2015) 1, pp. 145-166

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Does the Punishment Fit the Crime? Speeding Fines and Recidivism

Goncalves, Felipe - 2017

, and we instrument the punishment faced by a ticketed driver with the stopping officer's average lenience towards other …

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Is a "bad individual" more condemnable than several "bad individuals"? : examining the scope-severity paradox

Grolleau, Gilles; Ibanez-Hafkamp, Lisette; Mzoughi, Naoufel - In: Review of law and economics : publ. in cooperation with … 16 (2020) 3, pp. 1-18

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A study on the decision-making behavior of judge in the criminal trial : the effect of sentencing guideline in South Korea

Kim, Seong-Kyoon; Bong, Joon Yoon; Oh, Jeungil - In: International economic journal 34 (2020) 4, pp. 599-612

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Does capital punishment have a deterrent effect? : new evidence from postmoratorium panel data

Dezhbakhsh, Hashem; Rubin, Paul H.; Shepherd, Joanna M. - In: Economics, law, and individual rights, (pp. 398-426). 2008

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A test of racial bias in capital sentencing

Alesina, Alberto; La Ferrara, Eliana - 2011 - First Version: April 2009; This Version: April 2011

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Expected recidivism among young offenders : comparing specific deterrence under juvenile and adult criminal law

Entorf, Horst - In: European journal of political economy 28 (2012) 4, pp. 414-429

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