On the disutility and discounting of imprisonment and the theory of deterrence

Journal of Legal Studies

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-

  Polinsky, A Mitchell ^a   Shavell, Steven ^a  

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EID: 0242596685     PISSN: 00472530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/468044     Document Type: Article

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1. As will be discussed, each of these forms of disutility is associated with an attitude toward the risk of imprisonment.