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Prison Rehabilitation Programs : Efficiency and Targeting
Arbour, William; Lacroix, Guy; Marchand, Steeve - 2021
upon release. Yet, the mechanisms through which incarceration can lead to successful rehabilitation remain largely unknown …. This paper finds that participation in social rehabilitation programs while incarcerated can significantly reduce … for successful rehabilitation. We also find considerable heterogeneous program treatment effects: inmates with a high …
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The effect of rehabilitative punishments on juvenile crime and labor market outcomes
Huttunen, Kristiina; Pekkala Kerr, Sari; Mälkönen, Ville - 2014
This paper estimates the effect of a rehabilitative punishment on the post-release outcomes of juvenile criminals using a unique Finnish data set on sentences and punishments merged with the longitudinal population census for 1990-2007. The rehabilitative program was aimed at improving the...
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The short- and long-run effects of private law enforcement : evidence from university police
Heaton, Paul S.; Hunt, Priscillia E.; MacDonald, John M.; … - 2015
Over a million people in the United States are employed in private security and law enforcement, yet very little is 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....
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Punitive police? : agency costs, law enforcement, and criminal procedure
Dharmapala, Dhammika; Garoupa, Nuno; McAdams, Richard H. - 2015 - Revised version: April 2015
Criminal law enforcement depends on the actions of public agents such as police officers, but the resulting agency problems have been neglected in the law and economics literature (especially outside the specific context of corruption). We develop an agency model of police behavior that...
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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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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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Does the Punishment Fit the Crime? Speeding Fines and Recidivism
Goncalves, Felipe - 2017
We estimate the causal effect of harsher speeding punishments on future driving behavior of cited drivers. To account for the fact that punishments are not randomly assigned, we leverage variation in ticket-writing practices across highway patrol officers in Florida. The fine associated with a...
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Covenants without the Sword? Comparing Prison Self-Governance Globally
Skarbek, David - 2017
globally, the extent and form of informal inmate organization varies substantially. This paper develops a governance theory of …
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Deterrence and the Optimality of Rewarding Prisoners for Good Behavior
Polinsky, A. Mitchell - 2015
In this article I examine the social desirability of rewarding prisoners for good behavior, either by reducing their sentences (granting “time off”), converting part of their sentences to a period of parole, or providing them with privileges in prison. Rewarding good behavior reduces the...
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A Simple Model of Optimal Deterrence and Incapacitation
Shavell, Steven - 2014
The deterrence of crime and its reduction through incapacitation are studied in a simple multiperiod model of crime and law enforcement. Optimal imprisonment sanctions and the optimal probability of sanctions are determined. A point of emphasis is that the incapacitation of individuals is often...
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