When is it efficient to treat juvenile offenders more leniently than adult offenders?
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Juvenile crime; Young offenders; Incarceration; K14; K42;
All these keywords.JEL classification:
- K14 - Law and Economics - - Basic Areas of Law - - - Criminal Law
- K42 - Law and Economics - - Legal Procedure, the Legal System, and Illegal Behavior - - - Illegal Behavior and the Enforcement of Law
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