Responses to more severe punishment in the courtroom: evidence from truth-in-sentencing laws

0336993 - NHÚ 2010 RIV CZ eng J - Článek v odborném periodiku
Tsuchimoto, Fusako - Dušek, L.
Responses to more severe punishment in the courtroom: evidence from truth-in-sentencing laws.
CERGE-EI Working Paper Series. -, č. 403 (2009), s. 1-45. ISSN 1211-3298
Výzkumný záměr: CEZ:AV0Z70850503
Klíčová slova: criminal procedure * criminal law * truth-in-sentencing laws
Kód oboru RIV: AG - Právní vědy
http://www.cerge-ei.cz/pdf/wp/Wp403.pdf

We investigate behavioral responses of judges and prosecutors to more severe punishments by analyzing the effects of Truth-in-Sentencing (TIS) laws in a large sample of individual criminal cases. The TIS laws raised effective punishment by requiring offenders to serve at least 85% of their imposed sentence in prison. Differences between the U.S. states in the timing of adoption and the types of crimes covered provide a source of identification.
Trvalý link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0181093