Criminal Justice & Law Enforcement

Steven Shavell, Economic Analysis of the General Structure of the Law (Nat’l Bureau Econ. Res. Working Paper No. w9699, Harv. L. & Econ. Discussion Paper…

Steven Shavell, Deterrence and the Punishment of Attempts, 19 J. Legal Stud. 435 (1990).

A. Mitchell Polinsky & Steven Shavell, Enforcement Costs and the Optimal Magnitude and Probability of Fines, 35 J.L. & Econ. 133 (1992).

A. Mitchell Polinsky & Steven Shavell, Corruption and Optimal Law Enforcement, 81 J. Pub. Econ. 1 (2001).

Steven Shavell, An Economic Analysis of Threats and Their Illegality: Blackmail, Extortion, and Robbery, 141 U. Pa. L. Rev. 1877 (1993).

Steven Shavell, Criminal Law and the Optimal use of Nonmonetary Sanctions as a Deterrent, 85 Colum. L. Rev. 1232 (1985).

Henrik Lando & Steven Shavell, The Advantage of Focusing Law Enforcement Effort, 24 Int’l Rev. L. & Econ. 209 (2004).

Steven Shavell, Specific Versus General Enforcement of Law, 99 J. Pol. Econ. 1088 (1991).

A. Mitchell Polinsky & Steven Shavell, The Theory of Public Enforcement of Law, in 1 Handbook of Law and Economics 403 (A. Mitchell Polinsky &…

Steven Shavell, The Optimal Structure of Law Enforcement, 36 J.L. Econ. 255 (1993).

Steven Shavell, A Simple Model of Optimal Deterrence and Incapacitation, 42 Int’l Rev. L. & Econ. 13 (2015).

Randall L. Kennedy, The State, Criminal Law, and Racial Discrimination: A Comment, 107 Harv. L. Rev. 1255 (1994).

Randall L. Kennedy, Racial Trends in the Administration of Criminal Justice, in America Becoming: Racial Trends and Their Consequences, vol. II (Neil J. Smelser, William…

Laurence H. Tribe, Childhood, Suspect Classifications, and Conclusive Presumptions: Three Linked Riddles, Law & Contemp. Probs., Summer 1975, at 8.

Lucian A. Bebchuk & Louis Kaplow, Optimal Sanctions and Differences in Individuals’ Likelihood of Avoiding Detection, 13 Int’l Rev. L. & Econ. 217 (1993).

Steven Shavell & Louis Kaplow, Principles of Fairness Versus Human Welfare: On the Evaluation of Legal Policy (Harv. L. Sch. L. & Econ. Res. Paper…

Louis Kaplow, The Optimal Probability and Magnitude of Fines for Acts that Definitely are Undesirable, 12 Int’l Rev. L. & Econ. 3 (1992).

Louis Kaplow & Steven Shavell, Accuracy in the Determination of Liability, 37 J.L. & Econ. 1 (1994).

Louis Kaplow, Rules Versus Standards: An Economic Analysis, 42 Duke L.J. 557 (1992).

Louis Kaplow & Steven Shavell, Optimal Law Enforcement with Self-Reporting of Behavior, 102 J. Pol. Econ. 583 (1994).

J. Mark Ramseyer, Privatizing Police: On Privatizing Police, with Examples from Japan, in The Cambridge Handbook on Privatization (Avihay Dorfman & Alon Harel eds., 2021).