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Author: Garoupa, Nuno

Title: Optimal Imprisonment and Fines with Non-Discriminatory Sentences

Summary: When considering the optimal combination of monetary sanctions (costless) and imprisonment (costly) as deterrents, the traditional result is that imprisonment should not be imposed until monetary sanctions are completely exhausted. Therefore, imprisonment acts as a mere supplement to maximal fines. We show that, when wealth varies across individuals, it could be efficient to use imprisonment in combination with fines that do not exhaust the wealth of all individuals. The rationale is that, generally, it is impractical to tailor criminal sanctions as a continuous function of individuals' wealth.

Details: Arlington, VA: George Mason University, 2019. 9p.

Source: Internet Resource: Accessed May 23, 2019 at: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3382839

Year: 2019

Country: United States

URL: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3382839

Shelf Number: 156018

Keywords:
Fines
Imprisonment
Incarceration
Monetary Sanctions
Optimal Imprisonment