Bandyopadhyay, Siddhartha; Bhattacharya, Samrat; Koli, … - Department of Economics, University of Birmingham - 2012
We provide the first detailed econometric analysis of the impact of sentencing on various types of acquisitive crime … (theft, burglary, fraud and robbery) in England and Wales. We examine (a) whether sentencing reduces crime and (b) whether … is significant and negatively affects all crime types while the impact of sentences is negative and significant for …