Crime victimisation rates of Maori compared
08 Oct 2016 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, law and economics, politics - New Zealand Tags: crime and punishment, law and order, Maori economic development, racial discrimination
Source: New Zealand Crime and Safety Survey, Resources & downloads | New Zealand Ministry of Justice.
Source: New Zealand Crime and Safety Survey, Resources & downloads | New Zealand Ministry of Justice.
Thomas Sowell – Robert Bork Hearings (1987)
07 Oct 2016 Leave a comment
in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, development economics, economic history, economics, labour economics, law and economics Tags: affirmative action, racial discrimination, Robert Bork, Thomas Sowell
Blacks killed by police by threat level, January – September 2016
06 Oct 2016 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, law and economics, politics - USA Tags: crime and punishment, law and order, police shootings
The U.S. incarceration rate is more than six times that of many developed countries.
06 Oct 2016 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, law and economics, politics - USA Tags: crime and punishment, criminal deterrence, law and order
war against racks,
It’s Hard to Gross Out a Libertarian: Jonathan Haidt on Sex, Politics, and Disgust
03 Oct 2016 Leave a comment
in law and economics, liberalism, libertarianism Tags: political psychology
Blacks and whites killed by police by threat level by threat level, January – September 2016
01 Oct 2016 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, law and economics, politics - USA Tags: law and order, police shootings
Discharge without conviction is for offences more serious than argy-bargy after closing time
28 Sep 2016 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, politics - New Zealand
People get discharges without convictions for offences far more serious than a little bit too much argy-bargy after a few too many with friends after closing time.
Source: Discharge without conviction numbers slump | Radio New Zealand News.
If an offences serious enough to jeopardise your job, an employer would sack you in any case because you are found guilty rather than the entry of a conviction. Allowing criminals to conceal their criminal convictions from future employers allows them to conceal their bad character. It puts law-abiding citizens at a disadvantage to criminals.
Nice members of the middle class are put off committing offences in the first place because of career concerns. In any case, the Spent Convictions Act allows a way out after 7 years.
A few years ago, the Court of Appeal tightened up the criteria to a conviction being all out of proportion of the offence. That means burglars, robbers, sex offenders and thugs got away with it still but less so in the past.
In the past, you just come to court and asked for discharge without conviction. Now you must produce a considerable amount of evidence of the undue career cost.
The war on alcohol and the war on drugs were symbiotic campaigns
14 Sep 2016 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, economics, economics of regulation, law and economics, politics - USA Tags: economics of prohibition, war on drugs
#Seinfeld Economics: The Chinese Restaurant (Bribing Maitre d’)
09 Sep 2016 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, comparative institutional analysis, law and economics Tags: rationing, Seinfeld
#Seinfeld economics: The Muffin Tops (intellectual property rights)
08 Sep 2016 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, law and economics, television Tags: patents and copyrights, Seinfeld, trade secrets
How many British burglaries are home invasions?
06 Sep 2016 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, law and economics Tags: Burglary, law and order
People are aware that their house has been invaded in 1/3rd of British burglaries and in a quarter of burglaries, they see the offender. No wonder that burglary and the threat of a burglary are regarded as invasive crimes. We never locked the house when we were young. That changed.
Source: Home Office via What burglars steal – and how they get in | News | theguardian.com.
How well do you know your local burglar?
05 Sep 2016 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, law and economics Tags: British economy, crime and punishment, law and order
Something is known about the burglar in 45% of cases. In this rather invasive crime, half of burglaries are betrayals of trust or familiarity. More than a few of these burglaries might be committed by family members and friends wanting money for drugs but that is speculation.
Source: Home Office via What burglars steal – and how they get in | News | theguardian.com.
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