Certainty and Severity of Sanctions in Classical and Behavioral Models of Deterrence: A Survey

This survey summarizes the classical fundamentals of modern deterrence theory, covers major theoretical and empirical findings on the impact of certainty and severity of punishment (and the interplay thereof) as well as underlying methodological problems, gives an overview of limitations and extensions motivated by recent findings of behavioral economics and discusses 'rational' deterrence strategies in subcultural societies.

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Year of publication:	2012-04
Authors:	Entorf, Horst
Institutions:	Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
Subject:	economics of crime \| behavioral economics \| deterrence \| survey

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	IZA Discussion Papers.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	Number 6516 22 pages
Classification:	K4 - Legal Procedure, the Legal System, and Illegal Behavior ; H0 - Public Economics. General
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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