When in Rome... on Local Norms and Sentencing Decisions
| Autor: | Arnaud Philippe, David S. Abrams, Roberto Galbiati, Emeric Henry |
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| Přispěvatelé: | University of Pennsylvania [Philadelphia], Département d'économie (Sciences Po) (ECON), Sciences Po (Sciences Po)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Center for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), CEPR, Toulouse School of Economics (TSE), Université Toulouse 1 Capitole (UT1), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE), ANR-10-LABX-0091,LIEPP,Center for the Interdisciplinary Evaluation of Public Policies(2010), ANR-18-IDEX-0001,Université de Paris,Université de Paris(2018) |
| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Computer science media_common.quotation_subject 05 social sciences Justice Welfare [SHS.ECO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Economics and Finance 16. Peace & justice [SHS.SCIPO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Political science Social planner Microeconomics 0502 economics and business 050501 criminology Economics Local norm Convergence (relationship) 050207 economics Sentences Adaptation (computer science) General Economics Econometrics and Finance 0505 law media_common |
| Zdroj: | LIEPP Working Paper LIEPP Working Paper, Laboratoire interdisciplinaire d’évaluation des politiques publiques (LIEPP, Sciences Po), 2019 |
| ISSN: | 1556-5068 |
| DOI: | 10.2139/ssrn.3357122 |
| Popis: | We study spatial variation in criminal sentencing. We show the existence of local sentencing practices varying widely even across geographically proximate areas. Using compulsory rotation of judges in North Carolina, we find that judges arriving in a new court gradually converge toward local sentencing practices. We provide evidence that convergence in sentencing corresponds to a process of learning about local practices, which is accelerated by the presence of senior judges in the district, and that these sentencing practices are correlated with local norms of behavior. Finally, we discuss the theoretical implications of these results for the optimal design of judicial systems. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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