than half of U.S. states have had their corrections budgets reduced in recent years. Fortunately, crime has remained fairly … fuel crime rates. Yet the budget cuts are hardly without consequence. Correctional agencies have adapted with a variety of … practice. The complex relationship between crime rates, sentencing practices, and recidivism is explored, as is that between …

We examine the impact of establishing women police stations (WPS) on reporting of gender-based violence. Using … administrative crime data and exploiting staggered implementation across Indian cities, we find that the opening of WPS is associated … with an increase in police reports of crimes against women of 29 percent, a result driven by domestic violence. This …

In three distinct disciplines, crime and punishment are studied experimentally: in empirical legal studies, in …

The empirical literature testing the economic theory of crime has extensively studied the relative importance of the …

The empirical literature testing the economic theory of crime has extensively studied the relative importance of the …

incentives and deter crime in the long run. …