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The Incapacitative Effect of Imprisonment: Some Estimates
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The incapacitative effect of imprisonment has been extensively studied in the literature as discussed by the authors and it has been shown that physical segregation of prison inmates prevents them from engaging in some criminal activity during the period of their confinement.Abstract:
Recent research on the functions of imprisonment has begun to provide quantitative, empirical knowledge of its rehabilitative and deterrent effects.' Much less is known, however, about the incapacitative effect of imprisonment. While it has long been understood that the physical segregation of prison inmates prevents them from engaging in some criminal activity (as well as much non-criminal activity) during the period of their confinement, quantitative estimates of the size of this effect have been lacking.2 Leaving aside all deterrent or rehabilitative and counter-rehabilitative effects, it is of some interest to know whetherread more
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Incapacitation As a Strategy for Crime Control: Possibilities and Pitfalls
TL;DR: A number of estimates of incapacitative effects from incarceration of convicted offenders are available as mentioned in this paper, and the studies consistently find that crime reduction achieved by existing collective incapacitation policies is modest, at under 20 percent of crimes prevented.
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Criminal Career Research: A Review of Recent Evidence
TL;DR: A criminal career may consist of a single, undiscovered, venial lapse or a high level of sustained involvement in serious crime as discussed by the authors, and criminal career research tends to be more concerned with sustained than with venial criminal careers.
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Selective incapacitation and the problem of prediction
TL;DR: Greenwood and Abrahamse's original research is replicated with a representative sample of California state prison inmates (N = 2, 188) in light of these limitations, with specific focus on the methodological issues concerning the construction of the predictive scale as mentioned in this paper.
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Chapter 52 The economics of crime
TL;DR: The economics of crime focuses on the effect of incentives on criminal behavior, the way decisions interact in a market setting; and the use of a benefit-cost framework to assess alternative strategies to reduce crime.
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Participation in Illegitimate Activities: A Theoretical and Empirical Investigation
TL;DR: In this paper, a theory of participation in illegitimate activities is developed and tested against data on variations in index crimes across states in the United States and behavioral implications are derived using the state preference approach to behavior under uncertainty.
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Participation in Illegitimate Activities: A Theoretical and Empirical Investigation
TL;DR: In this article, a theory of participation in illegitimate activities is developed and tested against data on variations in index crimes across states in the United States and behavioral implications are derived using the state preference approach to behavior under uncertainty.