Criminal law and economics rests on the expectation that deterrence incentives can be employed to reduce crime. Prison … study employs an extra-laboratory experiment in a German prison to test the effectiveness of deterrence. Subjects either …

We conducted an experiment with 182 inmates from a maximum-security prison to analyze the impact of criminal identity … on dishonest behavior. We randomly primed half of the prisoners to increase the mental saliency of their criminal … render their criminal identity more salient in their minds. An additional placebo experiment with regular citizens shows that …

understanding of how peer effects shape criminal behavior among prison inmates, focusing on co-inmate impacts on recidivism and …

the impact of punishment severity on criminal behavior. In the theft value distribution between old and new larceny … incentives and deter crime in the long run. …

. The essay suggests that the passion for equal treatment among those who commit the same crime, a prominent goal of the …

reduces both moderate and extreme violence. The reason is that a high penalty keeps relatively 'gutless' individuals from … relatively 'tough' individuals to commit moderately violent acts and so makes moderate violence more attractive for otherwise …

double dividend in that it reduces both minor offenses and more severe crime. We develop a model of criminal subcultures in … attractive for some people who would otherwise commit more severe crime. If social status is sufficiently important in criminal … subcultures, zero-tolerance reduces crime across the board. -- status concerns ; street crime ; subcultures ; penalties ; zero …

double dividend in that it reduces both minor offenses and more severe crime. We develop a model of criminal subcultures in … attractive for some people who would otherwise commit more severe crime. If social status is sufficiently important in criminal … subcultures, zero-tolerance reduces crime across the board …

Empirical evidence reveals that unemployment tends to increase property crime but that it has no effect on violent … crime. To explain these facts, we examine a model of criminal gangs and suggest that there is a substitution effect between … property crime and violent crime at work. In the model, non-monetary valuation of gang membership is private knowledge. Thus …