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. Longer prison sentences further isolate offenders from the legitimate labor force and may promote the formation of criminal … networks in prison. On the other hand, greater initial punishment may have a deterrence effect on the individual being punished …, sometimes called “specific deterrence,” through learning or the rehabilitative effect of prison. We test the effect of prison …

juvenile crime increases when the age of criminal majority is increased. As predicted by dynamic models of crime, these effects … are driven by age groups well below the age of criminal majority. Further, the increase is driven by crime categories that … paper focuses on crime as a dynamic process, and shows that offenders can respond in anticipation of increases in criminal …

rate is quite high among those who are released from incarceration, perhaps as high as 50%. This high number brings with it …. The essay suggests that the passion for equal treatment among those who commit the same crime, a prominent goal of the …

between incarceration and crime, with the emphasis on deterrence effect and the prison paradox. This stream of research is …We present the attempt of finding association between crime level and prison population across European countries. We … offer justification that is methodologically based on correlations and regressions of country incarceration rates on crime …