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Increasing penalty structures for repeat offenses are ubiquitous in penal codes, despite little empirical or theoretical support. Multi-period models of criminal enforcement based on the standard economic approach of Becker (1968) generally find that the optimal penalty structure is either flat...
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This paper reviews the econometric issues in efforts to estimate the impact of the death penalty on murder, focusing on six recent studies published since 2003. We highlight the large number of choices that must be made when specifying the various panel data models that have been used to address...
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the deterrent effect of capital punishment were cited by the Supreme Court in its landmark cases in the 1970s; most …
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In this book, Bakken puts together a collection of interesting essays on crime, policing and punishment in China, an …
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This paper assesses whether perceived punishment severity changes discontinuously when an individual becomes an adult …
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In this paper we examine a class of local crimes that involve perfectly mobile criminals, and perfectly immobile criminal opportunities. We focus on local non-rival crime deterrence that is more efficient against criminals pursuing domestic crimes than criminals pursuing crimes elsewhere. In a...
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