This paper investigates how different outcomes of criminal appeals impact crime deterrence. My panel data analysis … (1997-2013) indicates that crime rates decrease when convictions are affirmed by the appellate court, as long as conviction … rates are not too high. Crime rates are further found to decrease when convictions are reversed but increase when cases are …

The trade-off between the immediate returns from committing a crime and the future costs of punishment depends on an … in Italy and provide non-parametric evidence on the extent of discounting from the raw data on recidivism and sentence … length. Using a discrete-choice model of recidivism, we estimate an average annual discount factor of 0.74, although there is …

estimates of the causal effects of misdemeanor prosecution on defendants' subsequent criminal justice involvement. We leverage … case should move forward with prosecution in the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office in Massachusetts. These ADAs … vary in the average leniency of their prosecution decisions. We find that, for the marginal defendant, nonprosecution of a …

prior to trial, grouped by type of crime …

changes in troop levels on violent crime in El Paso County, where Fort Carson is located. Our results suggest that never … relationship between the number of previously deployed units and violent crime are generally small and statistically insignificant …

responsibility for crime control and prevention. The Yakuza Exclusion Ordinances (YEOs) of Japan aim to combat organized crime … crime. Furthermore, the heterogeneity of the YEOs' effect suggests the effectiveness of enforcement policies that … intensively target regions with lower concentration of organized crime …