of criminals, and the pattern of their preferences. The methodology used relies on the analysis of the crime …

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 …

Increasing criminal sanctions may reduce crime through two primary mechanisms: deterrence and incapacitation … of the law change, so any short-term impact on crime can be attributed solely to deterrence. Using cross-state variation … associated with large spillovers to other types of crime …

This paper assesses whether perceived punishment severity changes discontinuously when an individual becomes an adult …

, arrest increases the probability an offender is charged with a crime. Our findings argue against recent calls for a …

within the first five years of a DUI checkpoint ban. Turning to data from the Uniform Crime Report and Behavioral Risk Factor …

, arrest increases the probability an offender is charged with a crime. Our findings argue against recent calls for a …

The most famous element in Bentham's theory of punishment, the Panopticon Prison, expresses his view of the two … purposes of punishment, deterrence and special prevention. We investigate Bentham's intuition in a public goods lab experiment … by manipulating how much information on punishment experienced by others is available to would-be offenders. Compared …

known about the effects of private police on crime. The current study examines the relationship between a privately …-funded university police force and crime in a large U.S. city. Following an expansion of the jurisdictional boundary of the private … police force, we see no short-term change in crime. However, using a geographic regression discontinuity approach, we find …