Experimental Criminal Law. A Survey of Contributions from Law, Economics and Criminology

Christoph Engel

No 2016_07, Discussion Paper Series of the Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods from Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods

Abstract: In three distinct disciplines, crime and punishment are studied experimentally: in empirical legal studies, in experimental economics, and an experimental criminology. These three disciplines have surprisingly little interaction. The current paper surveys the rich evidence, and discusses the methodological reasons for running experiments on these issues, the limitations of the method, and how they can be mitigated.

Keywords: crime; punishment; experiment; experimental economics; experimental criminology (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A12 C91 C93 D03 H26 K14 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016-04
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