We use rich microdata on bank robberies to estimate individual-level disutilities of imprisonment. The identification …

incapacitation from changes in deterrence. The elasticity of total crime with respect to incapacitation is between -20 and -35 …We estimate the incapacitation effect on crime using variation in Italian prison population driven by eight collective … entire prison population - and happen nationwide. Exploiting this quasi-natural experiment we break the simultaneity of crime …

identify incapacitation from changes in deterrence. The elasticity of total crime with respect to incapacitation is between -20 …We estimate the "incapacitation effect" on crime using variation in Italian prison population driven by eight … simultaneity of crime and prisoners as in Levitt (1996) and, in addition, use the national character of the pardons to separately …

Based on unique data on individual bank robberies perpetrated in Italy between 2005 and 2007, this paper estimates the …

Incarceration of criminals reduces crime through two main channels, deterrence and incapac- itation. Because of a … simultaneity between crime and incarceration–arrested criminals increase the prison population–it is difficult to measure these … effects. This paper estimates the incapaci- tation effect on crime using a unique quasi-natural experiment, namely the …

local crime rates. We assess the effects of a recent reform in California that caused a sharp and permanent reduction in the … violent crime and evidence of modest effects on property crime, auto theft in particular. These effects are considerably … considerably lower. We corroborate theses cross-county results with a synthetic-cohort analysis of state crime rates in California …

local crime rates. We assess the effects of a recent reform in California that caused a sharp and permanent reduction in the … violent crime and evidence of modest effects on property crime, auto theft in particular. These effects are considerably … considerably lower. We corroborate theses cross-county results with a synthetic-cohort analysis of state crime rates in California …

We evaluate whether California's state proposition 47 impacted state violent and property crime rates. Passed by the …-level crime rates that exploit heterogeneity in the effects of the proposition on local criminal justice practices. We find little … evidence of an impact on violent crime rates in the state. Once changes in offense definitions and reporting practices in key …

local crime rates. We assess the effects of a recent reform in California that caused a sharp and permanent reduction in the … crime and evidence of modest effects on property crime, auto theft in particular. These effects are considerably smaller … considerably lower. We corroborate theses cross-county results with a synthetic-cohort analysis of state crime rates in California …

We evaluate whether California's state proposition 47 impacted state violent and property crime rates. Passed by the …-level crime rates that exploit heterogeneity in the effects of the proposition on local criminal justice practices. We find little … evidence of an impact on violent crime rates in the state. Once changes in offense definitions and reporting practices in key …