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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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Crime and the Job Market
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present evidence on the relation among incarceration, crime, and the economic incentives to crime, ranging from unemployment to income inequality, and suggest that there was an increased propensity to commit crime among the non-institutional population.
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Does incapacitation reduce crime
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors provide an overview of the incapacitation issue, highlights information on recent estimates of criminal careers that are useful to the model, and outlines an ambitious research agenda for continued and expanded work on incapacitation and crime that centers on developing better estimates of the characteristics of criminal career and their relevance to policy choices.
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Studying Criminal Career Length Through Early Adulthood Among Serious Offenders
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Behavioral prediction and the problem of incapacitation
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined the utility of incapacitation as a crime control strategy in the context of a study of some 6,000 offenders followed for more than 25 years and observed little support for hypotheses concerning the pattern of careers with respect to offense behaviors.
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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.