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An Analysis of the Close Links between Corruption and Organized Crime
Buscaglia, Edgardo; Gonzalez Ruiz, Samuel; Prieto, Cesar; … - 2007
This article provides a survey of the causal factors linking public sector corruption and organized crime. The framework of analysis presented has been tested by the authors in a sample of 45 countries worldwide. Moreover, the piece also includes policy prescriptions, founded on best...
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How do people react to income-based fines? : evidence from speeding tickets discontinuities
Kaila, Martti - 2024
This paper studies the impact of income-based criminal punishments on crime. In Finland, speeding tickets become income-dependent if the driver’s speed exceeds the speeding limit by more than 20 km/h, leading to a substantial jump in the size of the speeding ticket. Contrary to predictions of...
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The Impact of Sleep Restriction on Contributions and Punishment : First Evidence
Clark, Jeremy - 2017
production in a standard voluntary contributions mechanism (VCM) experiment. Additionally, the effect of sleep restriction on an … individual's likelihood of sending costly peer punishment is examined. Actigraphy sleep monitoring watches are used to validate …-parametric as well as regression analysis, we find that when punishment is not available, sleep restriction does not affect the …
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The Effect of Prison Sentence Length on Recidivism : Evidence from Random Judicial Assignment
Roach, Michael A - 2016
Whether punishment promotes or deters future criminal activity by the convicted offender is a key public policy concern … networks in prison. On the other hand, greater initial punishment may have a deterrence effect on the individual being punished …
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Shaking criminal incentives
Aoki, Yu; Koutmeridis, Theodore - 2019
theory of crime, value and specialization. We conclude that burglars respond to damages that devaluate their prospective …
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Does the Punishment Fit the Crime? Speeding Fines and Recidivism
Goncalves, Felipe - 2017
, and we instrument the punishment faced by a ticketed driver with the stopping officer's average lenience towards other …
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Marginal Deterrence at Work
Crinò, Rosario - 2017
inmates with proxies for maximum punishment and monitoring costs across US states over 50 years. Consistent with the theory of …
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Marginal deterrence at work
Crinò, Rosario; Immordino, Giovanni; Piccolo, Salvatore - 2017
inmates with proxies for maximum punishment and monitoring costs across US states over 50 years. Consistent with the theory of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011723411
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Turning 18 : what a difference application of adult criminal law makes
Entorf, Horst - 2011
This paper contributes to the literature on specific deterrence by addressing the issue of selecting adolescents into adult and juvenile law systems. In Germany, different from the U.S. and most other countries, turning a critical cutoff age does not cause a sharp discontinuity from juvenile to...
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The effect of rehabilitative punishments on juvenile crime and labor market outcomes
Huttunen, Kristiina; Pekkala Kerr, Sari; Mälkönen, Ville - 2014
characteristics of the young offenders. The juvenile punishment experiment was initially conducted in certain criminal courts only and …This paper estimates the effect of a rehabilitative punishment on the post-release outcomes of juvenile criminals using … variety of research designs are used to isolate the effect of the juvenile punishment and to control for observable …
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