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Deterrence by Imperfect Sanctions – A Public Good Experiment

Engel, Christoph - 2013

) there is preference uncertainty. In a linear public good with punishment meted out by a disinterested participant, I test … two implications of the model: (a) participants increase contributions in reaction to imperfect punishment; (b) imperfect … punishment helps sustain cooperation if participants experience free-riding …

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Compensation and Punishment in Tort Law

Quarta, Francesco - 2013

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Pulling Leviathan's Teeth – The Political Economy of Death Penalty Abolition

Gutmann, Jerg - 2016

political instrument. The fact that some states abolish capital punishment while others retain it has thus far been explained by … contrast, military dictatorships are significantly more likely to retain capital punishment, as are countries with a common law … of capital punishment is at least partly motivated by rational political considerations …

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The Deterrent Effect of Death Penalty Eligibility : Evidence from the Adoption of Child Murder Eligibility Factors

Frakes, Michael - 2009

We draw on within-state variations in the reach of capital punishment statutes between 1977 and 2004 to identify the …

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Status-Seeking in Criminal Subcultures and the Double Dividend of Zero-Tolerance

Dur, Robert - 2006

This paper offers a new argument for why a more aggressive enforcement of minor offenses ('zero-tolerance') may yield a double dividend in that it reduces both minor offenses and more severe crime. We develop a model of criminal subcultures in which people gain social status among their peers...

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Juvenile Crime and Anticipated Punishment

Arora, Ashna - 2019

Are juvenile offenders deterred by criminal sanctions? Existing research indicates that they are not, as offending decreases only marginally when individuals cross the age of criminal majority and begin to face harsher, adult-level sanctions. Dynamic models of criminal behavior predict, however,...

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Let the Punishment Fit the Criminal : Punishment Progressivity in a Self-governed Community in Southeastern Spain

Donna, Javier D. - 2019

We investigate the roles of individual characteristics and punishment progressivity on crime. Our analysis reconciles …

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Crime, Punishment, and Legal Error : A Review of the Experimental Literature

Zeiler, Kathryn - 2018

state can dole out punishment, it must first identify a suspect and then produce sufficient evidence to persuade a judge and … their effects on deterrence and punishment policy. Our purpose is to briefly summarize the theoretical literature that … studies the effects of legal errors on crime and punishment rates, and to critically review studies that report on experiments …

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On the Public Finance of Capital Punishment

Lundberg, Alex - 2019

A capital trial is a costly affair. When a local government bears the expense of trial, it must raise funds or reallocate them from other sources. In Texas, among other states, the cost of trial is borne primarily at the county level. A panel of Texas county spending over the last decade,...

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Positive Sanctions versus Imprisonment

Mungan, Murat C. - 2019

This article considers the possibility of simultaneously reducing crime, prison sentences, and the tax burden of financing the criminal justice system by introducing positive sanctions, which are benefits conferred to non-convicts. Specifically, it proposes a procedure wherein a part of the...

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