Re:What are some of the worst academic papers ever published?
by 0815test on Monday March 04, 2019 @06:33AM
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> there is some evidence that the theory was used to justify crime policy from the 70's onward.
In non-coincidental news, the crime rate is also a lot lower today than it was in the 1960s and early 1970s. So we can finally afford to lower the severity of punishments, because the overall costs/benefits profile has been shifted and a lower crime rate also makes enforcement easier. Sounds like the marker of a successful social policy to me - score one for Becker!
In non-coincidental news, the crime rate is also a lot lower today than it was in the 1960s and early 1970s. So we can finally afford to lower the severity of punishments, because the overall costs/benefits profile has been shifted and a lower crime rate also makes enforcement easier. Sounds like the marker of a successful social policy to me - score one for Becker!