The effects of punishment of crime in Colombia on deterrence, incapacitation, and human capital formation

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Borradores de Economía; No. 774
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2013-07-18
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2013-07-18
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Guarín, Arlen
Medina-Durango, Carlos Alberto
Tamayo-Castaño, Jorge Andrés
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spa
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Abstract
Based on individual data on the population of those arrested in Medellín, we assess whether the change in punishment at age 18, mandated by law, has a deterrent effect on arrests. No deterrent effect was found on index, violent or property crimes, but a d
JEL Codes
K42 - Illegal Behavior and the Enforcement of LawC21 - Cross-Sectional Models; Spatial Models; Treatment Effect Models; Quantile RegressionsH56 - National Security and War
Keywords
Crime ; deterrence ; Regression discontinuity ;
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https://repositorio.banrep.gov.co/handle/20.500.12134/5914
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12134/5914
https://doi.org/10.32468/be.774
https://ideas.repec.org/p/bdr/borrec/774.html
https://ideas.repec.org/p/col/000094/010972.html
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