“We’re no heroes, just tourists.” nyp.st/1PnVhkt http://t.co/EIGtwlajzQ—
New York Post (@nypost) April 23, 2015
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Swedish cops on vacation break up NY subway fight
26 Apr 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, law and economics Tags: crime and punishment, law enforcement, New York City, police, Sweden
High school seniors are drinking less, smoking less, and barely using cocaine
22 Apr 2015 Leave a comment
Helicopter parents alert: There’s never been a safer time to be a kid
20 Apr 2015 Leave a comment
in applied welfare economics, economic history, economics of crime, economics of media and culture, health and safety, health economics Tags: accident rates, capitalism and freedom, child rearing, economics of the family, health and safety, Helicopter parents, moral panic, The Great Escape
Lincoln’s assassins were still at large, this day 1865
20 Apr 2015 Leave a comment
in economic history, economics of crime, law and economics, war and peace Tags: Abraham Lincoln, American Civil War, crime and punishment, political assassinations
Wanted poster for murderer of President Lincoln, still at large, 150 years ago this month: #LOC http://t.co/IRCjup0RU0—
Michael Beschloss (@BeschlossDC) April 15, 2015
Why are welfare beneficiaries so allergic to contact with case managers?
17 Apr 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, labour economics, labour supply, welfare reform
Support over time from marijuana decriminalisation was twin peaked in the USA
17 Apr 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, law and economics, politics - USA Tags: marijuana decriminalisation, medical marijuana decriminalisation, voter demographics
The reasons of supporters & opponents of marijuana legalisation
15 Apr 2015 1 Comment
in economics of crime, health economics, law and economics, liberalism Tags: expressive voting, marijuana decriminalisation, meddlesome preferences, medical marijuana decriminalisation, rational ignorance, rational irrationality, voter demographics
Here are top reasons supporters & opponents of marijuana legalization give for their views pewrsr.ch/1PIaYUC http://t.co/hoPaMMQBXr—
Pew Research Center (@pewresearch) April 15, 2015
These rationales of thoroughly utilitarian and can actually be resolved by appeals to evidence. But the real reasons are the meddlesome preferences of the opponents of legalisation and the desire of the supporters of legalisation to smoke dope.
#Anti-Prohibition #demonstration in #Newark, #NewJersey, #1932 buff.ly/1GAEIOX #wewantbeer #beer #prohibition http://t.co/7Yr2ZjzHeN—
(@Pixxcell) April 06, 2015
Double Standards in Evaluating Violence by Self-Identified Christians and Muslims
14 Apr 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, economics of religion, politics - USA
There are no large differences between Republicans (10 percent), Democrats (17 percent) and independents (14 percent) in views of whether a self-identified Christian who commits acts of violence in the name of Christianity is really Christian. However, there are significant partisan differences in views about whether a self-identified Muslim who commits acts of violence in the name of Islam is really Muslim. A majority (55 percent) of Republicans say that such a person is Muslim, compared about 4-in-10 Democrats (40 percent) and independents (39 percent). Majorities of Democrats (51 percent) and independents (53 percent) disagree that a self-identified Muslim who commits acts of violence is really Muslim.
White evangelical Protestants stand out strongly from other major religious groups in evaluating the religiosity of a self-identified Muslim who commits violence. Only roughly 4-in-10 white mainline Protestants (41 percent), Catholics (39 percent), black Protestants (36 percent), and non-Christian religiously affiliated Americans (35 percent) say a self-proclaimed Muslims who commits acts of violence in the name of Islam is really Muslim. In contrast, nearly 6-in-10 (57 percent) white evangelical Protestants believe that self-identified Muslims who commit acts of violence in the name of Islam are really Muslim.
The racial demographics of police arrest rates in the USA
14 Apr 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, law and economics, politics - USA Tags: crime and punishment, police misconduct, racial discrimination
Crowdsourcing air hijacking prevention in 1968
07 Apr 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, law and economics, politics - USA, transport economics Tags: air piracy, Cuba, hijacking
Airline hijackings were so common in the late 60s that every passenger aircraft included in its standard kit the landing instructions for the Havana airport. Many of hijackings were simply to get to Havana with not much more of a political agenda. Many hijackers were common criminals fleeing justice.
Anti-hijacking ideas from the American public, 1968. Number 4 is my favorite, but I guess we went with Number 6. http://t.co/yNqm2qdGA8—
Brendan I. Koerner (@brendankoerner) June 17, 2014
Rand Paul on marijuana decriminalisation by target audience
01 Apr 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, law and economics, liberalism, libertarianism, politics - USA Tags: 2016 presidential election, Rand Paul
Are the baby boomers a bunch of druggies?
29 Mar 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, economics of media and culture, law and economics Tags: baby boomers, drug abuse, Drug safety, The 60s
Chart: Baby Boomers got high way more than Millennials wapo.st/1GjUP4N http://t.co/VYQR1Q5Iq4—
Know More (@knowmorewp) March 04, 2015
England riots culprits jailed for 1,800 years, which deterred crime
26 Mar 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, labour economics, law and economics, occupational choice Tags: crime and punishment, criminal deterrence, London riots
The level of lawlessness was shocking and wholly inexcusable. The imposition of severe sentences, intended to provide both punishment and deterrence, must follow…
The context hugely aggravates the seriousness of each individual offence … the sheer numbers involved may have led some of the offenders to believe that they were untouchable and would escape detection…
When there is wanton and vicious violence of gross degree the court is not concerned with whether it originates from gang rivalry or from political motives. It is the degree of mob violence that matters and the extent to which the public peace is broken.”
The Lord Chief Justice Judge
The response of the criminal fraternity in London to the sentences handed out during the London riots was very business like. Offending for those particular sentences dropped. Criminals substituted to other forms of crime to pursue their chosen occupation as a criminal in light of the changed incentives:
…a significant drop in riot crimes across London in the six months after the riots, consistent with a deterrence effect from the tougher sentencing. More evidence of general deterrence comes from the observation that crime also fell in the post‐riot aftermath in areas where rioting did not take place.
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