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This paper develops a model in which individuals gain social status among their peers for being 'tough' by committing violent acts. We show that a high penalty for moderately violent acts (zero-tolerance) may yield a double dividend in that it reduces both moderate and extreme violence. The...
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Criminal law enforcement depends on the actions of public agents such as police officers, but the resulting agency … enforcement in which courts constrain police with pro-defendant rules of criminal procedure. We also explore various other … develop an agency model of police behavior that emphasizes intrinsic motivation and self-selection. Drawing on experimental …
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We study the effects of broken windows policing on crime using geo-located crime and arrest reports for 80 Colombian … produce event studies to look at the effects of shocks in police activity in the periods to follow. We use spikes in the … number of arrests with no warrant—which are more likely associated with unplanned police presence—as a proxy for shocks in …
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prevention to enforcement, tend to have better outcomes than isolated interventions involving only the police or other individual … their efforts to develop effective, holistic responses against crime that include the police, justice reform staff in the … for developing effective police responses to crime. The resulting three part publication, titled Addressing the …
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prevention to enforcement, tend to have better outcomes than isolated interventions involving only the police or other individual … their efforts to develop effective, holistic responses against crime that include the police, justice reform staff in the … for developing effective police responses to crime. The resulting three part publication, titled Addressing the …
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