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LOCATION:Karl Popper Room,DIW Berlin,2.3.020,Anton-Wilhelm-Amo-Strasse 58,10117 Berlin
SUMMARY:The Economics of Crime and Criminal Justice 
DESCRIPTION:20.10.: 10
a.m.-1 p.m. and 2-3:30 p.m.

21.10.: 10
a.m.-1 p.m. // The economics of crime literature dates back primarily to Becker’s (1968) economic model of crime, which put forward a theory of rational individual decision making to explain when individuals commit crime and the optimal level of crime in society. In the early-mid 1990s, an empirical literature took off – largely taking advantage of aggregate data and panel data methods – to test the economic model of crime: does higher probability of punishment deter crime? Does harsher punishment deter crime?  This literature has exploded in the last 15 years, with both increased attention by economists to understand the causes of criminal behavior, the advancement of quasi-experimental research designs capable of convincingly answering these questions, and the increased availability of high-quality micro-level data.  These lectures aim to survey the existing literature on a selected set of sub-questions and highlight both how the field has evolved  – in terms of questions, data used, and methodology - and where the frontier is today.
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URL:https://www.diw.de/en/diw_01.c.1010628.en/events/the_economics_of_crime_and_criminal_justice.html
ORGANIZER;CN=Ina Müller:mailto:imueller@diw.de
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