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dc.contributor.authorEntorf, Horsten
dc.contributor.authorSpengler, Hannesen
dc.date.accessioned2008-10-09-
dc.date.accessioned2010-07-07T11:30:13Z-
dc.date.available2010-07-07T11:30:13Z-
dc.date.issued2008-
dc.identifier.piurn:nbn:de:101:1-2008101483en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/34861-
dc.description.abstractBased on a theoretical framework on informal, custodial and non-custodial sentencing, the paper provides econometric tests on the effectiveness of police, public prosecution and courts. Using a unique dataset covering German states for the period 19772001, a comprehensive system of criminal prosecution indicators is derived and subsequently related to the incidence of six major offence categories using panel-econometrics. Empirical evidence suggests that the criminal policy of diversion failed as increasing shares of dismissals by prosecutors and judges enhance crime rates in Germany. Crime is significantly deterred by higher clearance and conviction rates, while the effects of indicators representing type (fine, probation, imprisonment) and severity (length of prison sentence, size of fine) of punishment are often small and insignificant.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aInstitute for the Study of Labor (IZA) |cBonnen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aIZA Discussion Papers |x3710en
dc.subject.jelK14en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordEconometrics of crimeen
dc.subject.keywordevaluation of policy reformsen
dc.subject.keywordpanel econometricsen
dc.subject.stwKriminalpolitiken
dc.subject.stwReformen
dc.subject.stwKriminalitäten
dc.subject.stwSchätzungen
dc.subject.stwDeutschlanden
dc.titleIs being 'soft on crime' the solution to rising crime rates? Evidence from Germany-
dc.type|aWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn581198212en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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