1.
Estimating Gender Disparities in Federal Criminal Cases
University of Michigan Law and Economics Research Paper, No. 12-018
Number of pages: 41
Posted: 10 Sep 2012
Last Revised: 27 Nov 2018
Working Paper Series
University of Chicago
Downloads
20,903
2.
Race, the War on Drugs, and the Collateral Consequences of Criminal Conviction
Journal of Gender, Race & Justice, Vol. 6. p. 253, 2002
Number of pages: 24
Posted: 06 May 2003
Last Revised: 14 Apr 2011
Accepted Paper Series
University of California, Davis - School of Law
Downloads
6,580
3.
Racial Disparity in Federal Criminal Charging and Its Sentencing Consequences
U of Michigan Law & Econ, Empirical Legal Studies Center Paper No. 12-002
Number of pages: 61
Posted: 16 Jan 2012
Last Revised: 02 Jun 2012
Working Paper Series
University of British Columbia and University of Chicago
Downloads
6,470
4.
Impacts of Private Prison Contracting on Inmate Time Served and Recidivism
Mukherjee, Anita. 2020. "Impacts of Private Prison Contracting on Inmate Time Served and Recidivism", American Economic Journal: Economic Policy.
Number of pages: 39
Posted: 13 Nov 2014
Last Revised: 12 Aug 2020
Accepted Paper Series
Wisconsin School of Business
Downloads
6,269
5.
Is Capital Punishment Morally Required? The Relevance of Life-Life Tradeoffs
Number of pages: 53
Posted: 25 Mar 2005
Working Paper Series
Harvard Law School and Harvard Law School
Downloads
5,433
6.
Do Judges Vary in Their Treatment of Race?
Journal of Legal Studies, Vol. 41, No. 2 (June 2012), pp. 347-383, U of Penn, Inst for Law & Econ Research Paper No. 11-07
Number of pages: 39
Posted: 02 Apr 2011
Last Revised: 28 Sep 2013
Accepted Paper Series
University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, University of Chicago - Booth School of Business and Harvard University - Department of Economics
Downloads
5,027
7.
Why Prison?: An Economic Critique
Berkeley Journal of Criminal Law, 2017, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 61
Posted: 07 Mar 2017
Last Revised: 03 Sep 2020
Accepted Paper Series
Harvard Law School
Downloads
5,013
8.
Ban the Box, Criminal Records, and Statistical Discrimination: A Field Experiment
U of Michigan Law & Econ Research Paper No. 16-012
Number of pages: 69
Posted: 15 Jun 2016
Working Paper Series
Rutgers University, Department of Economics and University of Chicago
Downloads
4,581
9.
Racial Critiques of Mass Incarceration: Beyond the New Jim Crow
NYU Law Review, April 2012, Yale Law School, Public Law Working Paper No. 243
Number of pages: 47
Posted: 29 Nov 2011
Last Revised: 20 Mar 2012
Accepted Paper Series
Yale University - Law School
Downloads
4,260
10.
Risk, Race, & Recidivism: Predictive Bias and Disparate Impact
Number of pages: 55
Posted: 08 Nov 2015
Last Revised: 15 Jun 2016
Working Paper Series
University of California, Berkeley and Government of the United States of America - Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts
Downloads
4,188
11.
Does Capital Punishment Have a Deterrent Effect? New Evidence from Post-Moratorium Panel Data
Number of pages: 49
Posted: 24 Oct 2007
Last Revised: 24 Oct 2007
Working Paper Series
Emory University - Department of Economics, 1350 Main St UNIT 1703 and Emory University School of Law
There are 2 versions of this paper
Does Capital Punishment Have a Deterrent Effect? New Evidence from Post-Moratorium Panel Data
Number of pages: 49
Posted: 24 Oct 2007
Downloads
4,031
Downloads
4,031
12.
Chivalry is Not Dead: Murder, Gender, and the Death Penalty
Univ. of San Francisco Law Research Paper No. 2011-08, Berkeley Journal of Gender, Law & Justice, Vol. 27, No. 1, 2012
Number of pages: 50
Posted: 23 Feb 2011
Last Revised: 15 Feb 2013
Accepted Paper Series
University of San Francisco - School of Law and Zalkind Duncan and Bernstein LLP
Downloads
3,229
13.
Brain Imaging for Legal Thinkers: A Guide for the Perplexed
Stanford Technology Law Review, Vol. 5, 2009, Vanderbilt Public Law Research Paper No. 10-09
Number of pages: 49
Posted: 04 Mar 2010
Accepted Paper Series
Vanderbilt University - Law School & Dept. of Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Neuroscience Program, Vanderbilt University - Department of Psychology and Vanderbilt University - Department of Psychology
Center for Integrative and Cognitive Neuroscience
Center for Integrative and Cognitive Neuroscience
Downloads
3,219
14.
Capital Punishment and Deterrence: Some Further Thoughts and Additional Evidence
Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 85, No. 4, pp. 741-88, August 1977
Number of pages: 49
Posted: 07 Feb 2007
Accepted Paper Series
State University of New York at Buffalo - Department of Economics
Downloads
3,157
15.
Evidence-Based Sentencing and the Scientific Rationalization of Discrimination
Stanford Law Review, Forthcoming, U of Michigan Law & Econ Research Paper No. 13-014
Number of pages: 51
Posted: 01 Sep 2013
Last Revised: 10 Sep 2013
Accepted Paper Series
University of Chicago
Downloads
2,800
16.
The Innocent Defendant’s Dilemma: An Innovative Empirical Study of Plea Bargaining’s Innocence Problem
103 Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology 1, 2013
Number of pages: 49
Posted: 31 May 2012
Last Revised: 25 Jun 2014
Accepted Paper Series
Belmont University School of Law and Florida Institute of Technology
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2,682
17.
'Becker on Ewald on Foucault on Becker': American Neoliberalism and Michel Foucault's 1979 'Birth of Biopolitics' Lectures
University of Chicago Institute for Law & Economics Olin Research Paper No. 614, U of Chicago, Public Law Working Paper No. 401
Number of pages: 20
Posted: 05 Sep 2012
Last Revised: 01 Oct 2013
Working Paper Series
University of Chicago - Department of Economics, Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers and Columbia University
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2,627
18.
The Lethal Injection Quandary: How Medicine Has Dismantled the Death Penalty
Fordham Law Review, Vol. 76, No. 1, pp. 49-128, 2007, Fordham Legal Studies Research Paper No. 983732
Number of pages: 81
Posted: 01 May 2007
Last Revised: 27 Mar 2011
Accepted Paper Series
Fordham University School of Law
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2,542
19.
'Frightening and High': The Supreme Court’s Crucial Mistake About Sex Crime Statistics
Published at 30 Constitutional Commentary 495 (2015)
Number of pages: 14
Posted: 09 Jun 2015
Last Revised: 18 Apr 2016
Accepted Paper Series
Arizona State University College of Law and Independent
Downloads
2,367
20.
Sorting Guilty Minds
New York University Law Review, Vol. 86, 2011
Number of pages: 55
Posted: 24 Feb 2011
Last Revised: 05 May 2014
Accepted Paper Series
University of Minnesota Law School, Second Judicial District Court Judge, State of Colorado, Vanderbilt University - Law School & Dept. of Biological Sciences, Harvard University - Department of Psychology and Vanderbilt University - Department of Psychology
Center for Integrative and Cognitive Neuroscience
Center for Integrative and Cognitive Neuroscience
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2,288
21.
Expungement of Criminal Convictions: An Empirical Study
Harvard Law Review, Vol. 133, No. 8, pp.2460-555 (June 2020)
Number of pages: 96
Posted: 18 Mar 2019
Last Revised: 12 Jun 2020
Accepted Paper Series
University of Michigan Law School and University of Chicago
Downloads
2,202
22.
Law and Neuroscience in the United States
INTERNATIONAL NEUROLAW: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS, p. 349, T.M. Spranger, ed., Springer-Verlag, 2012, Vanderbilt Public Law Research Paper No. 1-5
Number of pages: 32
Posted: 13 Feb 2012
Last Revised: 04 Aug 2015
Accepted Paper Series
Vanderbilt University - Law School & Dept. of Biological Sciences and University of Minnesota Law School
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2,179
23.
Exonerations in the United States, 1989 Through 2003
Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology, Vol. 95, No. 2, 2005
Number of pages: 38
Posted: 06 Jul 2005
Accepted Paper Series
University of Michigan Law School, University of Michigan Law School, University of Michigan Law School, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor and Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
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2,055
24.
Why Do We Punish? Deterrence and Just Deserts as Motives for Punishment
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Vol. 83, pp. 284-299, 2002
Number of pages: 15
Posted: 30 Mar 2005
Accepted Paper Series
Colgate University - Psychology Department, Princeton University and University of Pennsylvania Law School
Downloads
2,044
25.
In Defense of the Death Penalty
IACJ Journal, Summer 2008
Number of pages: 15
Posted: 27 Nov 2012
Accepted Paper Series
University of Utah - S.J. Quinney College of Law
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2,001
26.
Death as Punishment: An Analysis of Eight Arguments Against Capital Punishment
West Virginia Law Review, Vol. 111, p. 453, 2009
Number of pages: 42
Posted: 24 Apr 2008
Last Revised: 29 Jun 2011
Accepted Paper Series
University of Maryland at Shady Grove
Downloads
1,884
27.
Child Sexual Abuse and the State: Applying Critical Outsider Methodologies to Legislative Policymaking
UC Davis Law Review, Vol. 39, No. 5, 2006
Number of pages: 38
Posted: 24 May 2006
Accepted Paper Series
Southern University Law Center
Downloads
1,845
28.
An Abolitionist Horizon for (Police) Reform
California Law Review, Vol. 108, No. 6, 2020, Ohio State Legal Studies Research Paper No. 560
Number of pages: 66
Posted: 11 Aug 2020
Last Revised: 12 Jan 2021
Working Paper Series
Ohio State University (OSU) - Michael E. Moritz College of Law
Downloads
1,804
29.
'All Eyez on Me': America's War on Drugs and the Prison-Industrial Complex
Journal of Gender, Race and Justice, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 32
Posted: 05 Apr 2012
Last Revised: 10 Sep 2018
Accepted Paper Series
University of Arkansas at Little Rock - William H. Bowen School of Law
Downloads
1,750
30.
What's Really Wrong with Shaming Sanctions
Texas Law Review, Vol. 84, p. 2075, 2006, Yale Law School, Public Law Working Paper No. 125
Number of pages: 28
Posted: 11 Jul 2006
Last Revised: 16 Apr 2013
Accepted Paper Series
Yale University - Law School
Downloads
1,743
31.
Uses and Abuses of Empirical Evidence in the Death Penalty Debate
Stanford Law Review, Vol. 58, December 2005
Number of pages: 56
Posted: 19 Dec 2005
Accepted Paper Series
Stanford Law School and University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - Department of Economics
There are 4 versions of this paper
Uses and Abuses of Empirical Evidence in the Death Penalty Debate
Stanford Law Review, Vol. 58, December 2005
Number of pages: 56
Posted: 19 Dec 2005
Downloads
1,722
Uses and Abuses of Empirical Evidence in the Death Penalty Debate
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1949
Number of pages: 53
Posted: 30 Jan 2006
Downloads
199
Uses and Abuses of Empirical Evidence in the Death Penalty Debate
NBER Working Paper No. w11982
Number of pages: 52
Posted: 20 Apr 2006
Last Revised: 29 Sep 2010
Downloads
60
Uses and Abuses of Empirical Evidence in the Death Penalty Debate
CEPR Discussion Paper No. 5493
Number of pages: 54
Posted: 19 May 2006
Downloads
18
Downloads
1,722
32.
The Subjective Experience of Punishment
Columbia Law Review, Vol. 109, p. 182, January 2009, San Diego Legal Studies Paper No. 08-016
Number of pages: 55
Posted: 05 Feb 2008
Last Revised: 13 Dec 2012
Accepted Paper Series
Brooklyn Law School
Downloads
1,699
33.
No, Capital Punishment is Not Morally Required: Deterrence, Deontology, and the Death Penalty
Stanford Law Review, Forthcoming, Harvard Public Law Working Paper No. 125
Number of pages: 41
Posted: 28 Nov 2005
Accepted Paper Series
Harvard Law School
Downloads
1,603
34.
Banishment By a Thousand Laws: Residency Restrictions on Sex Offenders
Washington University Law Review, Vol. 85, p. 101, 2007
Number of pages: 60
Posted: 29 Jan 2007
Last Revised: 18 Jan 2008
Accepted Paper Series
University of Kansas School of Law
Downloads
1,601
35.
Disentangling Child Pornography from Child Sex Abuse
Washington University Law Review, Vol. 88, 2010, University of Utah College of Law Research Paper No. 34
Number of pages: 52
Posted: 28 Mar 2010
Last Revised: 08 Aug 2013
Accepted Paper Series
University of North Carolina School of Law
Downloads
1,574
36.
How Changes in American Culture Triggered Hyper-Incarceration: Variations on the Tazian View
Howard Law Journal, Forthcoming, Vanderbilt Public Law Research Paper No. 14-34
Number of pages: 27
Posted: 23 Oct 2014
Last Revised: 22 Apr 2015
Accepted Paper Series
Vanderbilt University - Law School
Downloads
1,563
37.
Disposing of Children: The Eighth Amendment and Juvenile Life Without Parole after Roper
Boston College Law Review, Vol. 47, p. 1083, 2006
Number of pages: 36
Posted: 29 Aug 2006
Accepted Paper Series
Boston College
Downloads
1,559
38.
Misdemeanors
85 Southern California Law Review 101 (2012), Loyola-LA Legal Studies Paper No. 2012-08
Number of pages: 64
Posted: 25 Feb 2012
Last Revised: 30 Aug 2012
Accepted Paper Series
Harvard Law School
There are 3 versions of this paper
Misdemeanors
85 Southern California Law Review 101 (2012), Loyola-LA Legal Studies Paper No. 2012-08
Number of pages: 64
Posted: 25 Feb 2012
Last Revised: 30 Aug 2012
Downloads
1,554
Misdemeanors
Chapter IN: Academy For Justice, A Report On Scholarship And Criminal Justice Reform (Erik Luna ed. 2017, Forthcoming), UC Irvine School of Law Research Paper No. 2017-41
Number of pages: 16
Posted: 16 Aug 2017
Last Revised: 10 Oct 2017
Downloads
335
Misdemeanors
Annual Review of Law and Social Science, Vol. 11, pp. 255-267, 2015
Posted: 11 Nov 2015
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1,554
39.
Administrative Segregation, Degrees of Isolation, and Incarceration: A National Overview of State and Federal Correctional Policies
Yale Law School, Public Law Working Paper No. 301
Number of pages: 64
Posted: 01 Jul 2013
Last Revised: 15 Jan 2015
Working Paper Series
Yale Law School, University of Connecticut School of Law, Independent, Yale University - Law School, Independent, Yale University - Law School, Independent and Independent
Downloads
1,539
40.
Who is Andrea Yates? A Short Story About Insanity
Number of pages: 138
Posted: 08 Oct 2003
Accepted Paper Series
Fordham University School of Law
Downloads
1,534
41.
Do People Want Optimal Deterrence?
University of Chicago Law School, John M. Olin Law & Economics Working Paper No. 77
Number of pages: 29
Posted: 12 Aug 1999
Working Paper Series
Harvard Law School, University of California, San Diego and Princeton University
There are 2 versions of this paper
Do People Want Optimal Deterrence?
University of Chicago Law School, John M. Olin Law & Economics Working Paper No. 77
Number of pages: 29
Posted: 12 Aug 1999
Downloads
1,532
Downloads
1,532
42.
The Insanity Defense: Nine Myths that Will Not Go Away
The Insanity Defense: Multidisciplinary Views on Its History, Trends, and Controversies (Mark D. White, Editor; Praeger, 2016 Forthcoming), NYLS Legal Studies Research Paper 2715577
Number of pages: 22
Posted: 16 Jan 2016
Accepted Paper Series
New York Law School
Downloads
1,531
43.
Probation and Parole as Methods of Mainstraiming Criminals: A Socio-Legal Analysis from Indian Perspective
Number of pages: 19
Posted: 25 Jun 2008
Working Paper Series
West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences
Downloads
1,509
44.
Kriminalomsorgen: A Look at the World's Most Humane Prison System in Norway
Number of pages: 42
Posted: 11 Dec 2016
Working Paper Series
Duke University, School of Law, Students
Downloads
1,468
45.
Brain Scans as Evidence: Truths, Proofs, Lies, and Lessons
Mercer Law Review, Vol. 62, p. 861, 2011, Vanderbilt Public Law Research Paper No. 11-2
Number of pages: 23
Posted: 24 Feb 2011
Last Revised: 24 Aug 2011
Accepted Paper Series
University of Minnesota Law School and Vanderbilt University - Law School & Dept. of Biological Sciences
Downloads
1,464
46.
Due Process in a Fee-Driven State
University of Tennessee Legal Studies Research Paper No. 399
Number of pages: 26
Posted: 17 Sep 2020
Last Revised: 21 Sep 2020
Working Paper Series
University of Tennessee College of Law and University of Tennessee College of Law
Downloads
1,459
47.
Corporate Criminal Liability: Theory and Evidence
Research Handbook on the Economics of Criminal Law, A. Harel & K. Hylton, eds., Edward Elgar (2012)
, NYU Law and Economics Research Paper No. 11-25
Number of pages: 61
Posted: 28 Jul 2011
Last Revised: 23 Oct 2012
Accepted Paper Series
New York University School of Law
Downloads
1,456
48.
Catholic Judges in Capital Cases
Marquette Law Review, Vol. 81, pp. 303-350, 1998, Boston College Law School Research Paper No. 1998-06
Number of pages: 49
Posted: 11 Aug 2005
Accepted Paper Series
Boston College - Law School and Notre Dame Law School
Downloads
1,441
49.
Presidential Pardons and the Problem of Impunity
23 N.Y.U. Journal of Legislation and Public Policy __ (2021), University of Missouri School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2020-29
Number of pages: 83
Posted: 16 Nov 2020
Last Revised: 18 Dec 2020
Accepted Paper Series
University of Missouri School of Law
Downloads
1,440
50.
A Sourcebook on Solitary Confinement
Number of pages: 98
Posted: 20 Nov 2012
Working Paper Series
SolitaryConfinement.org
Downloads
1,419
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