Code and Data for: Learning by Offending: How do Criminals Learn About Criminal Law?

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) Arnaud Philippe, University of Bristol

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Project Citation: 

Philippe, Arnaud. Code and Data for: Learning by Offending: How do Criminals Learn About Criminal Law? Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2024. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2024-07-10. https://doi.org/10.3886/E192283V1

Project Description

Summary:  View help for Summary This project investigates how criminals learn about criminal law. It uses the case of a natural experiment in which sentences were drastically increased for a specific type of recidivism in France. In the short run, media coverage of the reform did not seem to affect criminal behavior. However, people who had first-hand experience of the law later committed significantly fewer targeted crimes but the same number of nontargeted crimes. This pattern is consistent with a behavioral reaction based on a better understanding of the reform. This learning effect does not spread easily. While codefendants also learned, other criminal peers and defendants in the courtroom at the same time, but for a different case, did not.
This deposit contains code, nomenclature and read me file to replicate the findings

Scope of Project

Subject Terms:  View help for Subject Terms Crime; learning; peer influence
JEL Classification:  View help for JEL Classification
      K14 Criminal Law
Geographic Coverage:  View help for Geographic Coverage France
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Methodology

Data Source:  View help for Data Source French Ministry of Justice: criminal record
Unit(s) of Observation:  View help for Unit(s) of Observation Individuals

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