Sentencing & Punishment

Christopher Lewis, Risk-Based Sentencing and the Principles of Punishment, 112 J. Crim. L. & Criminology 213 (2022).

Alexandra Natapoff, Redistributing Criminal Law Up and Down the Penal Pyramid, 23 Ohio State Journal of Criminal Law 175 (2026).

Alexandra Natapoff, Misdemeanor Decriminalization, 68 Vand. L. Rev. 1055 (2015).

Carol S. Steiker & Jordan M. Steiker, Capital Punishment at a Constitutional Crossroads, 23 Ohio State Journal of Criminal Law 125 (2026).

Alexandra Natapoff, Misdemeanors, 11 Ann. Rev. L. & Soc. Sci. 255 (2015).

Christopher Lewis, Unlocking Lex Talionis (Harvard Public Law Working Paper 25-24, 2025).

J. Mark Ramseyer & Minoru Nakazato, Japanese Law: An Economic Approach (Univ. of Chi. Press 1999).

J. Mark Ramseyer & Eric B. Rasmusen, Why is the Japanese Conviction Rate so High?, 30 J. Legal Stud. 53 (2001).

Amanda Agan, Andrew Garin, Dmitri Koustas et al., The Labor Market Impacts of Reducing Felony Convictions, 6 Am. Econ. Rev.: Insights 341 (2024).

Victoria Angelova, Will Dobbie & Crystal S. Yang, Algorithmic Recommendations When the Stakes Are High: Evidence from Judicial Elections, 114 Am. Econ. Ass’n Papers &…

Amanda Y. Agan, Andrew Garin, Dmitri K. Koustas et al., Labor Market Impacts of Reducing Felony Convictions (Nat’l Bureau of Econ. Rsch., Working Paper No.

Crystal Yang and Will Dobbie, The Economic Costs of Pretrial Detention, 2021 Brookings Papers on Economic Activity 251 (2021).

Crystal S. Yang, Toward an Optimal Bail System, 92 N.Y.U. L. Rev. 1399 (2017).

Will Dobbie, Jacob Goldin & Crystal S. Yang, The Effects of Pre-Trial Detention on Conviction, Future Crime, and Employment: Evidence from Randomly Assigned Judges, 108…

Crystal S. Yang, Resource Constraints and the Criminal Justice System: Evidence From Judicial Vacancies, 8 AEJ: Econ. Pol’y 289 (2016).

Crystal S. Yang, Have Interjudge Sentencing Disparities Increased in an Advisory Guidelines Regime? Evidence from Booker, 89 N.Y.U. L. Rev. 1268 (2014).

Crystal S. Yang, Free at Last? Judicial Discretion and Racial Disparities in Federal Sentencing, 44 J. Legal Stud. 75 (2015).

Alma Cohen & Crystal S. Yang, Judicial Politics and Sentencing Decisions, 11 Am. Econ. J.: Econ. Pol’y 160 (2019).