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Judge peer effects in the courthouse
Eren, Ozkan; Mocan, Naci - 2020
Although there exists a large literature analyzing whether an individual's peers have an impact on that individual's own behavior and subsequent outcomes, there is paucity of research on whether peers influence a person's decisions and judgments regarding a third party. We investigate whether...
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A Test of Racial Bias in Capital Sentencing
Alesina, Alberto F.; La Ferrara, Eliana - 2011
This paper proposes a test of racial bias in capital sentencing based upon patterns of judicial errors in lower courts …
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Criminal discount factors and deterrence
Mastrobuoni, Giovanni; Rivers, David A. - 2016
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 …
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Do jurors and professional judges differ in their treatment of crime? : evidence from French reform
Philippe, Arnaud - 2017
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Does introducing lay people in criminal courts affect judicial decisions? : evidence from French reform
Philippe, Arnaud - In: International review of law and economics 52 (2017), pp. 1-15
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Criminal Discount Factors and Deterrence
Mastrobuoni, Giovanni - 2016
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012997433
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Criminal Discount Factors and Deterrence
Mastrobuoni, Giovanni; Rivers, David - 2016
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014129528
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Age-dependent court sentences and crime bunching : empirical evidence from Swedish administrative data
Tyrefors, Björn; Palme, Mårten; Priks, Mikael - 2017
" in the sense that more crimes were committed during the week prior to a 21st birthday, followed by a reduction in crime … during the week after this birthday. We do not, however, find that harsher punishment reduces the crime rate permanently. …
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Sentencing Contempt of Court in International Criminal Justice : An Unforeseen Problem Concerning Sentencing and Penalties
D. Ascoli, Silvia - 2010
International criminal tribunals, like any criminal court, have been faced with offences against the administration of justice, such as contempt of court. The power of the UN ad hoc Tribunals to punish these offences has raised problematic issues mainly concerning respect for the principle of...
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