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