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The Effects of Racial Profiling, Taste-Based Discrimination, and Enforcer Liability on Crime
Mungan, Murat C. - 2020
The literature contains ambiguous findings as to whether statistical discrimination, e.g. in the form of racial … determined, statistical discrimination as well as taste-based discrimination lead to an increase in criminal activity. Moreover …, the negative effects of statistical discrimination on deterrence are more persistent than similar effects due to taste …
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Building human or criminal capital? : school peer effects on future offending
Larsen, Britt Østergaard; Kristensen, Nicolai - 2017
important and significant nonlinear peer effects. Students who enter a program with new peers who have a high crime propensity … education. However, students with a history of repeated offenses, who enter a program with new peers with a low crime propensity … schoolmates with prior charges. Yet, our study also shows that a new low-crime peer group in upper secondary education can have a …
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Peer effects in prison
Johnsen, Julian; Khoury, Laura - 2024
Peer interactions play a key role in the criminal sector due to its secrecy and lack of formal institutions. A significant part of criminal peer exposure happens in prison, directly influenced by policymakers. This paper provides a broader understanding of how peer effects shape criminal...
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Murphy's law or luck of the Irish? : disparate treatment of the Irish in 19th century courts
Bindler, Anna; Hjalmarsson, Randi; Machin, Stephen; … - 2023
Using data on 100 years of 19th century criminal trials at London's Old Bailey, this paper offers clear evidence of disparate treatment of Irish-named defendants and victims by English juries. We measure surname Irishness and Englishness using place of birth in the 1881 census. Irish-named...
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Murphy's law or luck of the Irish? : disparate treatment of the Irish in 19th century courts
Bindler, Anna; Hjalmarsson, Randi; Machin, Stephen; … - 2023 - This version: March 31, 2023
Using data on 100 years of 19th century criminal trials at London's Old Bailey, this paper offers clear evidence of disparate treatment of Irish-named defendants and victims by English juries. We measure surname Irishness and Englishness using place of birth in the 1881 census. Irish-named...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014252023
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Hate groups and hate crime
Ryan, Matt E.; Leeson, Peter T. - In: International review of law and economics 31 (2011) 4, pp. 256-262
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White supremacist groups and hate crime
Mulholland, Sean E. - In: Public choice 157 (2013) 1/2, pp. 91-113
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One judge to rule them all : single-member courts as an answer to delays in criminal trials
Alysandratos, Theodore; Kalliris, Konstantinos - 2022
This paper is a discussion of whether single-member judicial panels are an effective way of accelerating the delivery of criminal justice. We use a reform which introduced single-member courts in Greece, where delays in court proceedings are common according to the European Justice Scoreboard...
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Mandatory Minimums and the Sentencing of Federal Drug Crimes
Bjerk, David - 2017
The United States federal mandatory minimums have been controversial not only because of the length of the mandatory sentences for even first-time offenders, but also because the eligibility quantities for crack are very small when compared to those for other drugs. This paper shows that the...
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The Social Cost of a Racially Targeted Police Encounter
Cohen, Mark A. - 2018
This paper identifies the individual components of social harm associated with a hypothetical racially motivated police encounter. An individual who believes they are being targeted by police because they are a member of a racial minority may suffer from fear of physical harm and humiliation by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012933271