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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. …
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Compiling data from dozens of archival sources, I compile the most extensive series to date of the long-run imprisonment rate for five English-speaking nations: Australia, Canada, England and Wales, New Zealand and the United States. These series are constructed as a share of adults rather than...
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increase in the Australian prison population does not seem to be due to crime rates, which have mostly declined over the past …
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Employing nonparametric bounds, we examine the effect of military service on incarceration outcomes using the Vietnam draft lotteries as a possibly invalid instrumental variable for military service. The draft is allowed to have a direct effect on the outcomes independently of military service,...
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. Our results demonstrate that the death of a co-offender significantly reduces the criminal activities of other network …, we find that the death of a more central co-offender leads to a larger reduction in aggregate crime. We also provide … criminal behavior. Our findings highlight the importance of understanding spillover effects for policymakers seeking to develop …
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