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When is it efficient to treat juvenile offenders more leniently than adult offenders?

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  • Derek Pyne

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Article provided by Springer in its journal Economics of Governance.

Volume (Year): 11 (2010)
Issue (Month): 4 (November)
Pages: 351-371

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Handle: RePEc:spr:ecogov:v:11:y:2010:i:4:p:351-371
DOI: 10.1007/s10101-010-0086-7
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Keywords: Juvenile crime; Young offenders; Incarceration; K14; K42;

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  • 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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Cited by:

  1. Jacques Pelletan, 2013. "Knowledge society and crime: an ambiguous relation," Economics Bulletin, AccessEcon, vol. 33(3), pages 1852-1862.
  2. Stan Miles & Derek Pyne, 2015. "Deterring repeat offenders with escalating penalty schedules: a Bayesian approach," Economics of Governance, Springer, vol. 16(3), pages 229-250, August.

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