In 2007, the Wall Street Journal published an article claiming that each execution saves more than 70 lives. This … support the deterrence hypothesis. Moreover, we also point to some puzzles which have not been satisfactorily solved so far …

of fines on punishment and deterrence. Partial effects are effects on potential violators' and punishers' decisions when … punish, which in turn reduces the deterrence effect of high fines. Using a laboratory experiment, we identify these effects …

purposes of punishment, deterrence and special prevention. We investigate Bentham's intuition in a public goods lab experiment … prevention effect but show that the deterrence effect is smaller the more information on individual punishment is available. …

purposes of punishment, deterrence and special prevention. We investigate Bentham's intuition in a public goods lab experiment … prevention effect but show that the deterrence effect is smaller the more information on individual punishment is available …. -- Punishment ; Deterrence ; Special Prevention ; Jeremy Bentham ; Experiment ; Public Good …

present a model with predictions consistent with farmers' behavior in Mula: (i) judges trade off crime deterrence and …

executions within military units to identify the deterrent effect of executions, with deterrence measured by the elapsed time … within a unit between the resolution of a death sentence (i.e., a commutation or execution) and subsequent absences within …

deterrence by the same amount. We demonstrate that this view is generally incorrect both when the court's error concerns the …-1 error exerts a lesser effect on deterrence than type-2 error. Moreover, we demonstrate that type-1 error may lead a … error, whether or not it is defined as conditional on adjudication, therefore does not exert any direct effect on deterrence …

lower the deterrence of crime because such rewards diminish the disutility of imprisonment. I demonstrate that, despite this … behavior — resulting in good behavior essentially without a reduction in deterrence. While employing privileges to reward good …