Stigma and self-fulfilling expectations of criminality
E Rasmusen - The Journal of Law and Economics, 1996 - journals.uchicago.edu
The Journal of Law and Economics, 1996•journals.uchicago.edu
A convicted criminal suffers not only from public penalties but from stigma, the reluctance of
others to interact with him economically and socially. Conviction can convey useful
information about the convicted, which makes stigmatization an important and legitimate
function of the criminal justice system quite apart from moral considerations. The magnitude
of stigma depends on expectations and the crime rate, however, which can lead to multiple,
Pareto-ranked equilibria with different amounts of crime.
others to interact with him economically and socially. Conviction can convey useful
information about the convicted, which makes stigmatization an important and legitimate
function of the criminal justice system quite apart from moral considerations. The magnitude
of stigma depends on expectations and the crime rate, however, which can lead to multiple,
Pareto-ranked equilibria with different amounts of crime.
A convicted criminal suffers not only from public penalties but from stigma, the reluctance of others to interact with him economically and socially. Conviction can convey useful information about the convicted, which makes stigmatization an important and legitimate function of the criminal justice system quite apart from moral considerations. The magnitude of stigma depends on expectations and the crime rate, however, which can lead to multiple, Pareto-ranked equilibria with different amounts of crime.
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