The paper is dedicated to the analysis of phenomenon penal policy mass imprisonment, which assumed be cause and consequence increasing social inequalities. relationship between inequality, vulnerability crime creates complex patterns - direct indirect mechanisms interaction that can observed from different perspectives. Following idea deeper social, economic ideological regroupings regulations ...

We consider a stylized model of crime and punishment in which the prosecution policy is defined by three variables: the size of punishment, the type of punishment and the detection probability. We derive the optimal type of punishment under the assumption that the detection probability is chosen by a government whose objective function places a higher weight on the government’s budget than the ...

Abstract The relative importance of racial and class inequality in incarceration the United States has recently become subject much debate. In this paper, we seek to give debate a stronger empirical foundation. First, update previous research on people’s likelihood being imprisoned. Then, examine risk having family member imprisoned or living high-imprisonment neighborhood. We find that prison ...

Abstract This article examines the commonly held conception that Paul was released after his first Roman imprisonment, went to Spain and eventually reimprisoned executed in Rome. After examining available evidence it is concluded theory of a release second imprisonment ill founded.