Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/58854 
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Year of Publication: 
2012
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 6516
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
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.
Subjects: 
economics of crime
behavioral economics
deterrence
survey
JEL: 
K4
H0
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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