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Results for selective incapacitation
1 results foundAuthor: Vollaard, Ben Title: Preventing Crime Through Selective Incapacitation Summary: Making the length of a prison sentence conditional on an individual’s offense history is shown to be a powerful way of preventing crime. Under a law adopted in the Netherlands in 2001, prolific offenders could be sentenced to a prison term that was some ten times longer than usual. We exploit quasi-experimental variation in the moment of introduction and the frequency of application across 12 urban areas to identify the effect. We find the sentence enhancements to have dramatically reduced theft rates. The size of the crime-reducing effect is found to be subject to sharply diminishing returns. Details: Tilburg, The Netherlands: Tilburg Law and Economics Center, Tilburg University, 2010. 51p. Source: Internet Resource: Tilec Discussion Paper, No. 2011-001; CentER Discussion Paper, No. 2010-141: Accessed March 9, 2011 at: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1738900 Year: 2010 Country: International URL: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1738900 Shelf Number: 120959 Keywords: IncarcerationProlific OffendersRepeat OffendersSelective IncapacitationThree Strikes Laws |