Social Science Quarterly, Volume 70Southwestern Social Science Association and the University of Texas, 1989 - Political science Includes section "Book reviews." |
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Page 709
... Benefits of a Criminal Sentence We estimate the net social benefits - the difference between social benefits and social costs - of each sentence . We assume the perspective of society as a whole , rather than that of any subset of the ...
... Benefits of a Criminal Sentence We estimate the net social benefits - the difference between social benefits and social costs - of each sentence . We assume the perspective of society as a whole , rather than that of any subset of the ...
Page 712
... Benefits - Total Social Costs . ( 1 ) To estimate net benefits , we determine costs and benefits for each burglar and sum them over all burglars . We discount each benefit and cost to determine present value equivalents because they ...
... Benefits - Total Social Costs . ( 1 ) To estimate net benefits , we determine costs and benefits for each burglar and sum them over all burglars . We discount each benefit and cost to determine present value equivalents because they ...
Page 720
... benefits and solve for the values necessary to change the rank order of sentences . Our sensitivity tests are a standard , though imperfect , substitute for computing the variance of the estimates of costs and benefits caused by ...
... benefits and solve for the values necessary to change the rank order of sentences . Our sensitivity tests are a standard , though imperfect , substitute for computing the variance of the estimates of costs and benefits caused by ...
Contents
Gender Role Stereotypes and Attitudes | 579 |
Discrimination and the Assimilation and Ethnic Competition Perspectives | 594 |
Some | 607 |
Copyright | |
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