Juvenile Crime and Punishment:
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چکیده
Over the past twenty years juvenile violent crime rates have increased tremendously. In light of this disturbing trend, this paper examines whether variation in punishment levels has any impact on juvenile violent crime. To examine this relationship I first establish a behavioral model of juvenile crime, from which point I introduce an empirical model and use available data to estimate this model. Ultimately, my analysis reveals that juvenile violent crime rates are negatively affected by increases in juvenile punishment. Additionally, I also show that the relative punitiveness of the adult and juvenile justice systems negatively affects changes in violent crime rates between juveniles immediately before and after they enter the adult justice system.
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