Probable Causation

Episode 110: Aurélie Ouss on misaligned incentives in the criminal justice system


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Aurélie Ouss talks about how changing who pays for incarceration affects sentencing decisions.

Misaligned incentives and the scale of incarceration in the United States” by Aurélie Ouss.

OTHER RESEARCH WE DISCUSS IN THIS EPISODE:
  • The Collapse of American Criminal Justice by William J. Stuntz.

  • "The rise in the disability rolls and the decline in unemployment" by David H. Autor and Mark G. Duggan.

  • "Incentives to provide local public goods: fiscal federalism, Russian style" by Ekaterina Zhuravskaya.

  • "Political Economy at Any Speed: What Determines Traffic Citations?" by Michael D. Makowsky and Thomas Stratmann.

  • "Local Government Dependence on Criminal Justice Revenue and Emerging Constraints" by Shannon R.Graham and Michael D.Makowsky.

  • "More Tickets, Fewer Accidents: How Cash-Strapped Towns Make for Safer Roads" by Michael D. Makowsky and Thomas Stratmann.

  • "To Serve and Collect: The Fiscal and Racial Determinants of Law Enforcement" by Michael D. Makowsky, Thomas Stratmann, and Alex Tabarrok.

  • "Finders keepers: forfeiture laws, policing incentives, and local budgets" by Katherine Baicker and Mireille Jacobson.

  • "When Punishment Doesn’t Pay: Cold Glow and Decisions to Punish" by Aurélie Ouss and Alexander Peysakhovich.

  • "Correctional ‘Free Lunch’? Cost Neglect Increases Punishment in Prosecutors" by Eyal Aharoni, Heather M. Kleider-Offutt, and Sarah F. Brosnan.

  • "Organizational structure, police activity and crime" by Itai Ater, Yehonatan Givati, and Oren Rigbi.

  • "Incarceration and Crime: Evidence from California’s Public Safety Realignment Reform" by Magnus Lofstrom and Steven Raphael.

  • "Impacts of Private Prison Contracting on Inmate Time Served and Recidivism" by Anita Mukherjee.

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