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Meta Analysis of Crime and Deterrence : A Comprehensive Review of the Literature

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Crime and its deterrence have always been recognized as important societal problems. More than 840 empirical studies on the effectiveness of deterrence have been published in the past decades but the question still remains controversial. This meta analysis shows that there is more evidence for the presence of a deterrent effect than for its absence. Moreover, several properties are identified which determine - to a large extent - the outcome of a study analyzing the deterrent effect of the probability and severity of punishment. Beside these findings, this study can be used as an in-depth guide for complex meta analyses in regard to the acquisition of the data, its processing, publication bias and the analysis itself. Finally, detailed information is also provided on the 700 studies included.

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  • Rupp, Thomas, 2008. "Meta Analysis of Crime and Deterrence : A Comprehensive Review of the Literature," Publications of Darmstadt Technical University, Institute for Business Studies (BWL) 38503, Darmstadt Technical University, Department of Business Administration, Economics and Law, Institute for Business Studies (BWL).
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    1. Davies, Helen J. & Doick, Kieron J. & Hudson, Malcolm D. & Schaafsma, Marije & Schreckenberg, Kate & Valatin, Gregory, 2018. "Business attitudes towards funding ecosystem services provided by urban forests," Ecosystem Services, Elsevier, vol. 32(PB), pages 159-169.
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    4. Berit C. Gerritzen & Gebhard Kirchgässner, 2013. "Facts or Ideology: What Determines the Results of Econometric Estimates of the Deterrence Effect of Death Penalty?," CREMA Working Paper Series 2013-04, Center for Research in Economics, Management and the Arts (CREMA).
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    6. Povilas Lastauskas & Eirini Tatsi, 2013. "Spatial Nexus in Crime and unemployment in Times of crisis: Evidence from Germany," Cambridge Working Papers in Economics 1359, Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge.
    7. Entorf, Horst, 2012. "Certainty and Severity of Sanctions in Classical and Behavioral Models of Deterrence: A Survey," IZA Discussion Papers 6516, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).

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