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My prison numbers Herald op-ed is up.
09 Apr 2018 2 Comments
in applied price theory, economics of crime, labour economics, law and economics, occupational choice, politics - New Zealand Tags: crime and punishment, criminal deterrence, law and order
.@ChiefSciAdvisor @PeterGluckman find rising prison muster due to more gang members where they belong @SST_NZ
29 Mar 2018 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, law and economics, politics - New Zealand Tags: crime and punishment, criminal deterrence, law and order
Who would be released if the Trots abolished prisons
11 Feb 2017 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, law and economics, politics - New Zealand Tags: crime and punishment, criminal deterrence
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,
An adult start of a criminal career is uncommon
18 Aug 2016 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, human capital, labour economics, law and economics, occupational choice Tags: crime and punishment, criminal deterrence, law and order
More police reduces crime
07 May 2016 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, economics of crime, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, occupational choice Tags: crime and punishment, criminal deterrence, law and order, police
@jono_naylor only question was why wasn’t this career criminal deported sooner
23 Apr 2016 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, law and economics, occupational choice Tags: Australia, career criminals, crime and punishment, criminal deterrence, deportations, economics of immigration, law and order
When a non-citizen spends 10 of his 40 odd years in Australia behind bars, most recently in 2011, the only question that should be posed is why was not he deported much earlier?
Source: Former criminal deported and separated from family after 40 years in Australia | Stuff.co.nz.
He is a career criminal who deserves no sympathy. He is the author of his own misfortunes in being separated from his family in Australia. Sympathy should go to his many victims, not to him.
More fool him when he spent 9 months in immigration detention because he chose to appeal his deportation. The criterion for automatic cancellation of Australian visas for criminals is accumulating 12 months in prison. That is a low threshold for automatic deportation unless the minister grants a waiver.
With 10 years behind bars, his appeal had no chance of success. He was a career criminal Australia could well be shot off.
@AmyAdamsMP 3 strikes deters many crimes but with a twist @dbseymour @greencatherine
17 Mar 2016 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, economics of crime, law and economics Tags: career criminals, criminal deterrence, habitual criminals, Leftover Left, marginal deterrence, offsetting behaviour, primate punishment, unintended consequences
A card-carrying Leftist would not know what to do with this study by Radha Iyengar. In their life mission of excusing criminals, they could bait and switch. Quickly acknowledged the results of the study, a massive reduction in serious crime, then go on as fast as possible to the unintended consequences on marginal deterrence. 3rd strike offenders tend to commit more violent crimes because they have less to lose. That is basic applied price theory.
Source: Do three-strikes laws make criminals more violent?
Sadly, card-carrying leftists denied themselves this argument when arguing against 3 strikes when the laws before Parliament. You have to admit the deterrence works in order to argue that 3 strikes and you are out screws up marginal deterrence.
To be fair, the Left did not do that fully. The standard argument against life without parole is that these prisoners will have nothing to lose and will be difficult for the prison guards to manage. That is, life without parole screws up marginal deterrence even among hardened criminals.
Blacks shot by US police by threat level: January – February 2016
07 Mar 2016 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, politics - USA Tags: crime and punishment, criminal deterrence, law and order, police killings
Charges following fatal and serious injury New Zealand police crashes, 2003 – 2008
23 Feb 2016 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, law and economics, politics - New Zealand Tags: criminal deterrence, law and order, police chases, police killings, road safety
Source: Rodney Hide, “Pursuit culture skews police priorities”, National Business Review, 19 February 2016, p.28.
Deaths and serious injuries in New Zealand police chases, 2003 – 2008
22 Feb 2016 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, law and economics, politics - New Zealand Tags: criminal deterrence, law and order, police chases, police killings
Rodney Hide found that one in four New Zealand police chases ends in a crash. Of the 137 police pursuits that ended in death or serious injury between 2003 and 2008 there are 9 violence charges. Six were for manslaughter – all caused by crashes that ended the chase. There was also one charge of murder relating to the crash at the end of the chase. No violence charges arose from information known at the time of the start of the police chase. There was ambiguous information about a charge of kidnapping after a police chase. I could not determine if this kidnapping was known at the time the police chase started and therefore was its motive.
Source: Rodney Hide, “Pursuit culture skews police priorities”, National Business Review, 19 February 2016, p.28.
In all, 13 of the 137 police chases were motivated by the fleeing driver having committed a crime. The most serious of these was burglary. Rodney Hide also found that between 2005 and 2008 there are an average of 182 police chases a month.
I am all for police chasing kidnappers and armed criminals brandishing their weapons. As for the rest, they are not serious offenders. Chasing them puts the public at risk. Most of the fleeing drivers and their passengers are enthusiastic applicants for the Darwin awards.
@amyadamsMP Justice Michael Kirby on the battered woman’s defence
20 Nov 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, law and economics, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA Tags: battered woman's defence, crime and punishment, criminal deterrence, criminal procedure, Justice Michael Kirby, law and order
@amyadamsMP Bias in the battered women’s syndrome as a defence for murder
18 Nov 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, law and economics, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand Tags: battered woman's defence, crime and punishment, criminal deterrence, criminal procedure, Justice Michael Kirby, law and order
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