the United States. This Article, prepared for the University of Chicago Legal Forum Symposium on Crime, Criminal Law, and …

impact of incarceration on recidivism show that, in marginal cases, incarceration creates large and lasting reductions in … recidivism among first offenders. Yet, among repeat offenders, incarceration sentences for marginal offenders create only modest … concerns about sentencing reforms, enacted in most states over recent decades, that encourage or mandate incarceration …

the state should determine the length of a jail term to impose on an individual if he has committed a crime and how much … disutility from time in jail rises with the length of the jail sentence …

known about the effects of private police on crime. The current study examines the relationship between a privately …-funded university police force and crime in a large U.S. city. Following an expansion of the jurisdictional boundary of the private … police force, we see no short-term change in crime. However, using a geographic regression discontinuity approach, we find …