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Crime and Circumstance: The Effects of Infant Health Shocks on Fathers' Criminal Activity [PDF]
Few studies in the economics literature have linked individuals' criminal behavior to changes in their personal circumstances. Life shocks, such as natural or personal disasters, could reduce or sever a person's connections to his/her family, job, or ...
Ofira Schwartz-Soicher +3 more
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Local Eviction Moratoria and the Spread of COVID‐19
Southern Economic Journal, EarlyView.ABSTRACT At different stages during the initial onset of the COVID‐19 pandemic, various US states and local municipalities enacted eviction moratoria. One of the main aims of these moratoria was to slow the spread of COVID‐19 infections. We deploy a semiparametric difference‐in‐differences approach with an event study specification to examine whether ...
Julia Hatamyar, Christopher F. Parmeter
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A Test of the Coase Conjecture Using Prices of Electronic Books
Southern Economic Journal, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The Coase Conjecture predicts that a durable‐goods monopolist without commitment will rapidly cut price toward marginal cost. We test this prediction in the electronic‐book market using release‐day prices. To proxy for marginal cost, we use competitive prices of public‐domain electronic books on the same platforms.
Tim Groseclose, Alex Tabarrok
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Mental health stigma and legal responses to defendants with mental health conditions in Bulgaria, Japan, and Norway. [PDF]
Front PsycholGröning L, Dimitrova S, Hirano M.
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Punishment and criminal punishment: legal nature, definition of concepts
Legal Science and Practice: Journal of Nizhny Novgorod Academy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of RussiaThis article discusses issues related to the concept and essence of punishment in general and criminal punishment in particular. The author reveals the nature of these concepts based on the scientific concepts of domestic and foreign scientists, highlighting punishment as a necessary, but not the only element of punishment. In addition to punishment,
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Symbolic Interaction, EarlyView.In this article, I analyze my interviews with Mark (pseudonym), a social scientist who committed major academic fraud in over 50 top‐tier journal articles in the first decade of this century. I explain how stigma played a central role in how Mark and I shaped our interaction. I focus on how Mark, a former Professor and Dean with a distinguished career,
Thaddeus Müller
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DEVELOPMENT OF THE SYSTEM OF PUNISHMENT IN CRIMINAL LAW
Russian Journal of Economics and Law, 2015 Objective: to analyze the formation of punishment in criminal law (from ancient times to the present day), to demonstrate various aspects of punishment used at different times in different countries. Methods: a comprehensive study of phenomena and processes of objective reality, and the theoretical writings of legal scholars.
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Symbolic Interaction, EarlyView.In the aftermath of the 2020 U.S. election, the boundary between activism and extremism blurred, with election officials reporting violent threats and false accusations of election fraud. From a symbolic interactionist perspective, these attacks provide a unique lens for examining the consequences of being falsely labeled a criminal.
Steven Windisch
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Enhanced autonomic fear conditioning at age 3 in successful adult criminal offenders. [PDF]
EmotionRaine A, Gao Y, Choy O.
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Symbolic Interaction, EarlyView.This study of first‐year primary school draws on Goffman's concept of “collective behavior” to examine how order is established and disrupted through the mutual adjustment of all participants' actions. We employed a multi‐method longitudinal design, using semi‐standardized observations and qualitative interviews with teachers and children at three ...
Doris Bühler‐Niederberger +2 more
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