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CCSS-10-010Using Laboratory Experiments to Study Law and CrimeChristine Horne, Heiko RauhutAbstractThe 19th and 20th centuries produced breakthroughs in physics, chemistry, and the biological sciences.Laboratory research played an important role in the rapid advances made in these fields. Laboratoryresearch can also contribute progress in the social sciences and, in particular, to law and criminology.To make this argument, we begin by discussing what laboratory experiments can and cannot do. Wethen identify three issues in the criminological and legal literature: why violence is higher in the southernUnited States than in the North, the relation between the severity of punishment and crime, and theexpressive effects of law. We describe the relevant data from laboratory experiments and discuss howthese data complement those gained through other methods.Keywords: Laboratory experiments, experimental methods, law, crimeClassifications:URL: http://web.sg.ethz.ch/wps/CCSS-10-010Notes and Comments: Status: SubmittedCCSS Working Paper Series
Using Laboratory Experiments to Study Law and Crime1 2Christine Horne and Heiko Rauhut1Washington State University, Department of Sociology, Pullman, WA 99164, 204 Wilson-ShortHall, chorne@wsu.edu2ETH Zurich, Chair of Sociology, in particular of Modeling and Simulation, CLU E6,Clausiusstrasse 50, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland, rauhut@gess.ethz.chJuly 20, 2010AbstractththThe 19 and 20 centuries produced breakthroughs in physics, chemistry, and thebiological sciences. Laboratory research played an important role in the rapid advances made inthese fields. Laboratory research can also contribute progress in the social sciences and, inparticular, to law and criminology. To make this argument, we begin by discussing whatlaboratory experiments can and cannot do. We then identify three issues in the criminologicaland legal literature – why violence is higher in the southern United States than in the North, therelation between the severity of punishment and crime, and the expressive effects of law. Wedescribe the relevant data from laboratory experiments and discuss how these data complementthose gained through other methods.Key Words: Laboratory experiments, experimental methods, law, crime
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<strong>Using</strong> <strong>Labora<strong>to</strong>ry</strong> <strong>Experiments</strong> <strong>to</strong> <strong>Study</strong> <strong>Law</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Crime</strong>1 2Christine Horne <strong>and</strong> Heiko Rauhut1Washing<strong>to</strong>n State University, Department <strong>of</strong> Sociology, Pullman, WA 99164, 204 Wilson-ShortHall, chorne@wsu.edu2ETH Zurich, <strong>Chair</strong> <strong>of</strong> Sociology, in particular <strong>of</strong> Modeling <strong>and</strong> Simulation, CLU E6,Clausiusstrasse 50, 8092 Zurich, Switzerl<strong>and</strong>, rauhut@gess.ethz.chJuly 20, 2010AbstractththThe 19 <strong>and</strong> 20 centuries produced breakthroughs in physics, chemistry, <strong>and</strong> thebiological sciences. <strong>Labora<strong>to</strong>ry</strong> research played an important role in the rapid advances made inthese fields. <strong>Labora<strong>to</strong>ry</strong> research can also contribute progress in the social sciences <strong>and</strong>, inparticular, <strong>to</strong> law <strong>and</strong> criminology. To make this argument, we begin by discussing whatlabora<strong>to</strong>ry experiments can <strong>and</strong> cannot do. We then identify three issues in the criminological<strong>and</strong> legal literature – why violence is higher in the southern United States than in the North, therelation between the severity <strong>of</strong> punishment <strong>and</strong> crime, <strong>and</strong> the expressive effects <strong>of</strong> law. Wedescribe the relevant data from labora<strong>to</strong>ry experiments <strong>and</strong> discuss how these data complementthose gained through other methods.Key Words: <strong>Labora<strong>to</strong>ry</strong> experiments, experimental methods, law, crime
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