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Gender Convergence in Crime: Evidence From Canadian Adult Offence Charge Data

Chen, Jyh-Yaw Joseph; Giles, David E.A. - Department of Economics, University of Victoria - 2003

This paper contributes new evidence relating to the hypothesis that there has been convergence between certain male and female offences over time. Using time-series data for adults charged with offences in Canada over the period 1983 to 2000, we conduct several formal econometric tests of the...

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Bayesian Juries and The Limits to Deterrence

Friedman, Ezra; Wickelgren, Abraham - Yale Law School John M. Olin Center for Studies in Law, …

We consider a model of crime with rational Bayesian Jurors. We find that if jurors are not perfectly informed, even … when there is no limit to the size of the punishment that can be imposed, it is not possible to deter all crime. There is a … finite lower bound on the crime rate which results from the difficulties in achieving a conviction with imperfect evidence …

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A general equilibrium investigation of handguns, cops and robbers

Boyd, John; Jalal, Abu; Kim, Jin - In: Economic Theory 33 (2007) 3, pp. 493-507

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Should the death tax die? And should it leave an inheritance?

Cassone, Alberto; Marchese, Carla - Institute of Public Policy and Public Choice - POLIS - 2001

, aimed at reducing the payoff from small crime and at fostering the fulfillment of basic social responsibilities. A simple …

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Testing the Economic Model of Crime:The National Hockey League's Two-Referee Experiment

Levitt, Steven - In: Contributions to Economic Analysis & Policy 1 (2002) 1, pp. 1014-1014

During the 1998-99 season, the National Hockey League randomly varied the number of referees used across games, seemingly providing a rare opportunity to test directly the deterrence model. Combining experimental parameter estimates with an economic model, there is little evidence that the rate...

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Does Prison Harden Inmates? A Discontinuity-based Approach

Chen, M. Keith; Shapiro, Jesse M. - Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics, Yale University - 2003

significantly more post-release crime. …

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Plea Bargaining with Budgetary Constraints

Mongrain, Steeve; Roberts, Joanne - Department of Economics, Simon Fraser University - 2007

In this paper, we construct a simple model that illustrates a perverse effect associated with plea bargaining in which an increase in sanctions can lead to reduced deterrence. This finding is derived from the interaction of binding budgetary constraints and plea bargaining. In an environment...

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What You Don't See Can't Hurt You: An Economic Analysis of Morality Laws

Curry, Philip A.; Mongrain, Steeve - Department of Economics, Simon Fraser University - 2007

This paper provides an efficiency explanation for regulation of sex, drugs and gambling (the so-called ``morality laws''). The argument is motivated by the observation that the design an enforcement of these laws often promotes discretion by the people engaging in such activities. We propose...

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What is a Gang and Why Does the Law Care?

Curry, Philip A.; Mongrain, Steeve - Department of Economics, Simon Fraser University - 2008

The economic theory of optimal punishments states that the expected penalty for a crime ought to be equal (or at least …

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Crime and benefit sanctions

Machin, Stephen; Marie, Olivier - In: Portuguese Economic Journal 5 (2006) 2, pp. 149-165

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