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Incarceration and crime : evidence from California's public safety realignment reform
Lofstrom, Magnus; Raphael, Steven - 2013
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010228777
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Optimizing criminal behavior and the disutility of prison
Mastrobuoni, Giovanni; Rivers, David A. - 2017
We use rich microdata on bank robberies to estimate individual-level disutilities of imprisonment. The identification rests on the money versus apprehension trade-off that robbers face inside the bank when deciding whether to leave or collect money for an additional minute. The distribution of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011664459
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Incarceration and Crime : Evidence from California's Public Safety Realignment Reform
Lofstrom, Magnus - 2013
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013071284
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Crime and (a preference for) punishment : the effects of drug policy reform on policing activity
Soliman, Adam - 2021
environment. Using geocoded crime data and a novel source of within-city spatial and temporal variation in punishment severity, I … consistent with police treating enforcement effort and punishment severity as complementary. I also find that citywide crime and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012607030
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The effect of sentencing reform on crime rates : evidence from California's proposition 47
Domínguez, Patricio; Lofstrom, Magnus; Raphael, Steven - 2019
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012120657
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Regulatory Crime : Solutions
Dervan, Lucian E. - 2014
On November 14, 2013, Professor Dervan was called to testify before the United States House of Representatives' Committee on the Judiciary Over-Criminalization Task Force. Available here is his written testimony. In his written testimony, Professor Dervan examines the phenomenon of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013051862
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The effect of sentencing reform on racial and ethnic disparities in involvement with the criminal justice system : the case of California's proposition 47
Lofstrom, Magnus; Martin, Brandon; Raphael, Steven - 2019
approximate 20 percent decline in total property crime arrests, and shifts in the composition of arrests away from felonies …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012130020
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Walling Off Crime : An Analysis of the Local Deterrent Effects of Increased Border Control
LaPlue, Lawrence D.; McFerrin, William - 2022
crime rates in U.S. cities located along the border, between 1992 and 2017. We find that, for cities along the U … property crime rates and that increased border fencing is associated with significant declines in both property and violent … crime rates. Further investigation into the underlying mechanism provides evidence that border control measures are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014029993
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Organization and information in the fight against crime : an evaluation of the integration of police forces in the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil
Soares, Rodrigo Reis; Viveiros, Igor - 2010
presented points to a causal effect of the IGESP on crime. The most conservative estimates indicate a reduction of 24% in … represented by the program may constitute a first-order factor in a successful policy for fighting crime. -- Crime ; police …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008697388