Revenue generated through the criminal justice system has become a key component of
local government budgets across the United States. Although numerous restrictions exist to …

Abstract Communities across the United States are reconsidering the public safety benefits
of prosecuting nonviolent misdemeanor offenses, yet there is little empirical evidence to …

The role of bail systems in the United States has been understudied within the sociology of
punishment. The use of monetary bail is pervasive in the United States, contributing to a …

We exploit local deficits and state-level differences in police revenue retention from civil
asset forfeitures to estimate how incentives to raise revenue influence policing. In a national …

I test for racial disparities in the criminal justice system by analyzing abnormal bunching in
the distribution of crack-cocaine amounts used in federal sentencing. I compare cases …

We study the relative effectiveness of administrative regulations, criminal enforcement, and
civil lawsuits for combatting health care fraud. Between 2003 and 2017, Medicare spent $7.7 …

There is much interest in understanding the extent to which racial bias drives the large racial
disparities in criminal justice outcomes. However, little is known about whether prosecutors …

This chapter surveys recent advances in personnel economics. We begin by presenting
evidence showing substantial and persistent productivity variation among workers in the …

Most criminal defendants cannot afford to hire an attorney. To provide constitutionally
mandated legal services, states commonly use either private court-appointed attorneys or a …

This review collects and critiques the academic literature on criminal defense lawyering, with
an emphasis on empirical work. Research on criminal defense attorneys in the United States …