The impact of certainty and severity of punishment on levels of crime in American states : an extended analysis.

Author(s)
Antunes, G. & Hunt, L.
Year
Abstract

The absence of information can itself both give rise to and ensure the continued dominance of irrational modes of thought and action. For a vacuum created by the absence of data is rapidly filled by the inrush of prejudice, surmise, random speculation and unsupported assumption.

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B 5446 fo /01/83/
Source

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology, Vol. 64 (1973), No. 4 (December), p. 486-493, tab., ref.

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