The Fall of Capital Punishment and the Rise of Prisons: How Punishment Severity Affects Jury Verdicts
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- Bindler, Anna & Hjalmarsson, Randi, 2017. "The Fall of Capital Punishment and the Rise of Prisons: How Punishment Severity Affects Jury Verdicts," CEPR Discussion Papers 11888, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
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Keywords
jury; verdict; conviction; punishment severity; expected punishment; crime; death penalty; English history;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- H00 - Public Economics - - General - - - General
- K14 - Law and Economics - - Basic Areas of Law - - - Criminal Law
- K40 - Law and Economics - - Legal Procedure, the Legal System, and Illegal Behavior - - - General
- N00 - Economic History - - General - - - General
- N43 - Economic History - - Government, War, Law, International Relations, and Regulation - - - Europe: Pre-1913
- N93 - Economic History - - Regional and Urban History - - - Europe: Pre-1913
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