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Recent Developments in Substantive Criminal Law : Broadening Crimes and Limiting Convictions

Velloney, David D. - 2012

The decisions of the Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces (CAAF) during the 2001 term reflect two intriguing trends. This article analyzes both trends in detail. First, the CAAF indicated a willingness to expand the government's ability to characterize conduct as criminal by broadening the...

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War Crimes and Misdemeanors : Understanding 'Zero-Tolerance' Policing as a Form of Collective Punishment and Human Rights Violation

Fabricant, M. Chris - 2011

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 …, punishes entire communities for the crimes of a few. More specifically, zero-tolerance policing seeks to deter violent crime …

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Status-Seeking in Violent Subcultures and the Double Dividend of Zero-Tolerance

Dur, Robert - 2006

This paper develops a model in which individuals gain social status among their peers for being "tough" by committing violent acts. We show that a high penalty for moderately violent acts (zero-tolerance) may yield a double dividend in that it reduces both moderate and extreme violence. The...

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Escalating Penalties for Repeat Offenders

Emons, Winand - 2006

Agents may commit a crime twice. The act is inefficient so that the agents are to be deterred. Even if an agent is law … probability of apprehension. If the benefit from the crime is small, the optimal sanction scheme is decreasing in the number of …

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Fines for illicit drug use do not prevent future crime : evidence from randomly assigned judges

Alexeev, Sergey; Weatherburn, Donald James - In: Journal of economic behavior & organization : JEBO 200 (2022), pp. 555-575

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Expressive law and escalating penalties : accounting for the educational function of punishment

Miceli, Thomas J. - In: Review of law and economics : publ. in cooperation with … 19 (2023) 3, pp. 245-261

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Fines as enforcers' rewards or as a transfer to society at large? : evidence on deterrence and enforcement implications

Baumann, Florian; Bienenstock, Sophie; Friehe, Tim; … - In: Public choice 196 (2023) 3/4, pp. 229-255

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Optimal sentencing with recurring crimes and adjudication errors

Guerra, Alice; Nilssen, Tore - In: Journal of economics 139 (2023) 1, pp. 33-42

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The Deterrent Effect of Targeted and Salient Police Enforcement : Evidence from DUI Checkpoint Bans

Matsuzawa, Kyutaro - 2023

within the first five years of a DUI checkpoint ban. Turning to data from the Uniform Crime Report and Behavioral Risk Factor …

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Neither crime nor (much) punishment : India's cartel penalty practices

Bhattacharjea, Aditya; De, Oindrila - In: Law and Economic Development : Behavioral and Moral …, (pp. 225-256). 2023

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