Reducing criminal acts in society is a crucial duty of governments. Establishing punishment structures to attain this … of punishment as effective deterrents of criminal behavior. One more cost effective, but scientifically understudied … mechanism for effective deterrence is the swiftness of punishment. We carry out the first controlled economic experiment to …

In this chapter, I briefly discuss theoretical predictions of capital punishment’s impact on crime, provide a concise …

personally committed; any punishment must be personal and individual. To that end, international law proscribes as collective … punishment any sanction imposed on a population without regard to individual culpability for the offense that provokes the … communities of color. As a form of collective punishment, such policing is contrary to international human rights law. In one …