Randomized experiments in criminal sanctions
- 1 March 1988
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in New Directions for Program Evaluation
- Vol. 1988 (37) , 85-98
- https://doi.org/10.1002/ev.1476
Abstract
Randomized experiments that examine the effectiveness of criminal sanctions suggest that they may increase crime, decrease crime, or have no effect. To better understand these disparate findings, we need to more carefully examine the types of sanctions being tested, in terms of their severity, certainty, and celerity (speed), and the types of offenses and offenders involved.Keywords
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