
A pointless prosecution
27 Aug 2019 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, law and economics, politics - New Zealand Tags: marijuana decrimilization

Tullock on juries
25 Aug 2019 Leave a comment
in comparative institutional analysis, economics of crime, economics of education, economics of information, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics Tags: juries

Why You’d Never Survive Life During The Middle Ages
24 Aug 2019 Leave a comment
in defence economics, economics of crime, law and economics Tags: Middle Ages
Majority of gang members are inside for violent offences @sst_nz
23 Aug 2019 Leave a comment


Released by the Department of Corrections under the Official Information Act 23 August 2019.
Theodore Dalrymple on Prisons
23 Aug 2019 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, law and economics Tags: crime and punishment, criminal deterrence, law and order
How the marketplace for ideas deals with Nazis when do-gooders aren’t making things far worse with censorship
23 Aug 2019 Leave a comment
in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, economics of crime, law and economics, politics - USA Tags: free speech, The fatal conceit, unintended consequences

Admirable Evasions: How Psychology Undermines Morality
22 Aug 2019 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, law and economics, occupational choice Tags: law and order, moral psychology
Criminals released after DNA testing started are 17% less likely to reoffend! @sst_nz (A greater chance of getting caught is instant rehabilitation)
21 Aug 2019 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, labour economics, law and economics, occupational choice, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA Tags: crime and punishment, criminal deterrence, law and order

Doug Allen hinting that gun laws should apply only to men
20 Aug 2019 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, economics of crime, gender, law and economics, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA Tags: criminal deterrence, gun control, law and order

DNA testing makes criminals vote with their feet @sst_nz
20 Aug 2019 Leave a comment
in econometerics, economics of crime, law and economics, politics - USA Tags: crime and punishment, criminal deterrence, law and order

Transequity didn’t compare prison rates with the general population in 2015 (unlike in 2011 report) @aniobrien @HJJoyceEcon
18 Aug 2019 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, gender, law and economics

From https://www.transequality.org/sites/default/files/docs/USTS-Full-Report-FINAL.PDF and for 2011 comparisons, see https://utopiayouarestandinginit.com/2019/05/08/why-do-transwomen-go-to-prison-40-times-as-much-as-women-in-the-usa-in-2011/
A high or low level of stranger violence compared to the general population and to women?
17 Aug 2019 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, gender, law and economics
Acemoglu and Robinson on comparative economic development
17 Aug 2019 Leave a comment
in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, development economics, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of crime, growth disasters, growth miracles, income redistribution, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, property rights, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: Age of Discovery, age of empires, Age of exploration, economics of colonialism



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