Engel, Christoph --- "Experimental criminal law: a survey of contributions from law, economics, and criminology" [2018] ELECD 476; in van Boom, H. Willem; Desmet, Pieter; Mascini, Peter (eds), "Empirical Legal Research in Action" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2018) 57

Book Title: Empirical Legal Research in Action

Editor(s): van Boom, H. Willem; Desmet, Pieter; Mascini, Peter

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

ISBN: 9781785362743

Section: Chapter 3

Section Title: Experimental criminal law: a survey of contributions from law, economics, and criminology

Author(s): Engel, Christoph

Number of pages: 52

Abstract/Description:

Crime and punishment are studied experimentally in three distinct disciplines: in empirical legal studies, in experimental economics, and in experimental criminology. These three disciplines have surprisingly little interaction. The current paper surveys the rich evidence in this field and discusses the methodological reasons for running experiments on these issues, the limitations of the method, and how these limitations can be mitigated.