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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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Deterrence by imperfect sanctions : a public good experiment
Engel, Christoph - 2013
punishment helps sustain cooperation if participants experience free-riding. -- deterrence ; public good experiment ; inequity …) 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 …
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Experimental criminal law : a survey of contributions from law, economics and criminology
Engel, Christoph - 2016
In three distinct disciplines, crime and punishment are studied experimentally: in empirical legal studies, in …
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Elgizouli v Secretary of State for the Home Department : Mutual Legal Assistance and the Death Penalty
Almutawa, Ahmed; Walker, Clive - 2021
In Elgizouli v Secretary of State for the Home Department, the UK Supreme Court reviewed the Home Secretary’s decision to assist the US federal authorities to prosecute two alleged terrorists, who were accused of heinous crimes on behalf of ISIS in Syria where they were detained. The mutual...
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Off-Court Misbehavior : Sports Leagues and Private Punishment
Kim, Janine Young; Parlow, Matthew J. - 2015
sports league’s constitution and bylaws. The Essay then contextualizes such league discipline in criminal punishment theory … - juxtaposing punishment norms in public law with incentives and rationales for discipline in professional sports - and analyzes the …
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America's Death Penalty : Just Another Form of Violence
Bessler, John D. - 2011
writer goes on to argue that capital punishment is, in and of itself, a form of violence. Also discussed in the article are …
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Compensation and Punishment in Tort Law
Quarta, Francesco - 2013
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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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The Effect of Type-1 Error on Deterrence
Lando, Henrik - 2020
A common view in the law and economics literature holds that equal increases in type-1 and type-2 error lower deterrence by the same amount. We demonstrate that this view is generally incorrect both when the court's error concerns the assessment of the alleged offender's act (mistake of act) and...
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Manifest Injustice? The Judiciary as Moderator of Penal Excess in the Sentencing of Youth for Murder
Lynch, Nessa - 2018
This paper considers the principled approach to the sentencing of young people, requiring the recognition of the lesser capacity and culpability of the offender due to their personal characteristics. The author uses New Zealand as a case study to discuss whether, and how, judges would exercise...
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