More Time, Less Crime? Estimating the Incapacitative Effect of Sentence Enhancements

By Emily Owens. Journal law and economy, 2009

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Deterrence in the Twenty-First Century (2013, background): “Also of note, Owens (2009) in her analysis of 2003 data from Maryland finds modest incapacitation effects.”
Deterrence: A Review of the Evidence by a Criminologist for Economists (2013, unknown): “(Owens 2009), (Canela-Cacho, Blumstein et al. 1997; Useem and Piehl 2008) Acknowledgement: This work was generously supported by National Science Foundation Grants SES- 102459 and SES-0647576.”
The Effects of DNA Databases on Crime (2017, background): “This is commonly referred to as the "CSI effect"; see Owens (2010) for a review of the available evidence on the existence of this effect.”
How Much Crime Reduction Does the Marginal Prisoner Buy? (2012, background): “15 Note that the recent incapacitation research by Owens (2009) suggests even smaller effects (on the order of 2–3 crimes per year).”