Punishment – and Beyond
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This paper argues that the “Economics of Crime” concentrates too much on punishment as a means of preventing crime, which is unwise for several reasons. There are important instances in which punishment simply cannot reduce crime. Several feasible alternatives to punishment exist, such as offering positive incentives or handing out awards for law abiding behavior. These alternative approaches tend to create a positive sum environment. When people appreciate living in a society that is to a large extent law abiding, they are more motivated to observe the law.
- University of Warwick United Kingdom
- University of Zurich Switzerland
- UNIVERSITAET ZUERICH Switzerland
- University of Basel Switzerland
1403 Business and International Management, 2000 General Economics, Econometrics and Finance, Crime; Punishment; Incentives; Motivation; Framing; Broken Window Theory, punishment, K42, incentives, 3301 Social Sciences (miscellaneous), Broken Window Theory, 2001 Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous), Punishment, motivation, IEW Institute for Empirical Research in Economics (former), 10007 Department of Economics, 1401 Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous), Incentives, Normbefolgung, HB71-74, crime, O31, 1402 Accounting, framing, broken window theory, Ökonomischer Anreiz, Motivation, ddc:330, Kriminalitätsökonomik, Strafe, 330 Economics, Economics as a science, 2003 Finance, crime, punishment, incentives, motivation, framing, broken window theory, Framing, Crime, Theorie, jel: jel:K42, jel: jel:O31
1403 Business and International Management, 2000 General Economics, Econometrics and Finance, Crime; Punishment; Incentives; Motivation; Framing; Broken Window Theory, punishment, K42, incentives, 3301 Social Sciences (miscellaneous), Broken Window Theory, 2001 Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous), Punishment, motivation, IEW Institute for Empirical Research in Economics (former), 10007 Department of Economics, 1401 Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous), Incentives, Normbefolgung, HB71-74, crime, O31, 1402 Accounting, framing, broken window theory, Ökonomischer Anreiz, Motivation, ddc:330, Kriminalitätsökonomik, Strafe, 330 Economics, Economics as a science, 2003 Finance, crime, punishment, incentives, motivation, framing, broken window theory, Framing, Crime, Theorie, jel: jel:K42, jel: jel:O31
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