Chesa Boudin, former District Attornay in San Francisco, about crime and punishment.

Does the severity of punishment affect crime rates?⁠ ⁠ One common argument for increasing the length of prison sentences for serious crimes is that harsher penalties will deter people from committing

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Raymond Boudon (1934-2013)

Revue française de sociologie, 2013/2 Vol. 54, p. I-III. Download Raymond Boudon (1934-2013).

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Is it possible to reduce the number of prisoners without increasing crime? Lessons from California

Venue: The Institute for Futures Studies, Holländargatan 13, Stockholm REGISTER > During Chesa Boudin's 2,5 years in office as San Francisco's elected district attorney, incarceration plummeted - the

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Tocqueville and analytical sociology

Pp. 153-172 in Raymond Boudon: A Life in Sociology, edited by Mohamed Cherkaoui and Peter Hamilton. Oxford: The Bardwell Press.

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Rethinking society for the 21st century

A couple of weeks ago it was decided that the Institute for Futures Studies will support the project International Panel on Social Progress. It is a large project with high ambitions that mobilizes se

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