evidence on punishment preferences, in which subjects reveal a heterogeneous preference for punishing wrongdoers, our model … identifies circumstances in which “punitive” individuals (with stronger-than-average punishment preferences) will self …-select into law enforcement jobs that offer the opportunity to punish (or facilitate the punishment of) wrongdoers. Such “punitive …

role in policing and the punishment arena. This curious incendiary combination of free market efficiency and the Big …. This work argues that our faith in "free markets" has severely distorted American politics and punishment practices. The …" emerged in reaction to an earlier, integrated vision of punishment and public economy, known in the eighteenth century as …