Deterrence and Criminal Punishment

Justin McCrary, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan

Professor McCrary received funding from CLOSUP's Small Grants Program (FY 2004) for this research project on deterrence and criminal punishment.

Abstract:
This award will fund data acquisition and analysis to determine the feasability of using Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) data to examine offense rates of individuals just above and just below the age of majority.