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Why Longer Prison Sentences Don’t Work
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The left wants to focus attention on social ills. The right wants to give out more punitive sentences. Neither strategy deters crime, explains economist Jennifer Doleac.

Debates over crime policy are often driven by emotion. People argue based on their feelings about police presence on their streets, or narratives about the social conditions they believe produce criminals. But Jennifer Doleac, an economist who focuses on criminal justice, contends that emotion shouldn’t be the basis of this conversation. Like sound econ…

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