Wrongful Convictions Do Lower Deterrence
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 24039028 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Nuno Garoupa (0000-0001-6792-0918), Matteo Rizzolli (0000-0001-6364-6800) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 168 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 224-231 |
| Publication date | 2012-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics JITE (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0932-4569 • E-ISSN: 1614-0559 |
| Publisher | Mohr Siebeck (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1628/093245612800933988 |
| OpenAlex | W2038239386 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 3 |
The conventional result of the theory of the public enforcement of law is that wrongful convictions of innocents are detrimental to deterrence. This proposition has been challenged recently. In some cases, wrongful convictions do not jeopardize deterrence, because they influence equally the innocent and the guilty. Therefore deterrence does not change. We show that, in general, wrongful convictions do lower deterrence. We prove that wrongful convictions do not jeopardize deterrence only in very limited circumstances or under unlikely assumptions.
Computer security · Criminology · Deterrence (psychology) · Computer Science · Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance · Law, Economics, and Judicial Systems · Legal and Constitutional Studies · Psychology
| Citations per year | 0.46 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2013 - 2025 (13) |
| Highly cited | No |