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<blockquote data-quote="vvvvvvv" data-source="post: 1822700" data-attributes="member: 5151"><p>"First we investigate whether the laws increase justifiable homicide by private </p><p>citizens. Importantly, justifiable homicide is defined as “the killing of a felon, during the </p><p>commission of a felony, by a private citizen”. This FBI classification explicitly excludes </p><p>homicides when there was no other felony being committed, even if the homicide was </p><p>justified under current self-defense law" - page 2</p><p></p><p>"Suggestive but inconclusive evidence indicates that castle doctrine laws increase the </p><p>narrowly defined category of justifiable homicides by private citizens by 17 to 50 percent, </p><p>which translates into as many as 50 additional justifiable homicides per year nationally due </p><p>to castle doctrine. More significantly, we find the laws increase murder and manslaughter</p><p>by a statistically significant 7 to 9 percent, which translates into an additional 500 to 700</p><p>homicides per year nationally across the states that adopted castle doctrine. " - page 4</p><p></p><p>"An example of what would NOT </p><p>qualify as a justifiable homicide is “While playing cards, two men got into an argument. The first man attacked the </p><p>second with a broken bottle. The second man pulled a gun and killed his attacker. The police arrested the shooter; he </p><p>claimed self-defense” (Uniform Crime Reporting Handbook, 2004). Note here that under castle doctrine, the shooter </p><p>may well have been justified as acting in self-defense, though again the reporting handbook explicitly states that this </p><p>would not qualify as a justifiable homicide under the guidelines. " - footnote 8</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>For those who need the tl;dr:</p><p></p><p>"We find no evidence that castle doctrine law deters crime. Furthermore, our </p><p>estimates are sufficiently precise as to rule out moderate-sized deterrence effects. Thus, </p><p>while our view is that it is a priori reasonable to expect that strengthening self-defense law </p><p>would deter crime, we find this is not the case. </p><p></p><p>We find suggestive but inconclusive evidence that these laws increase justifiable </p><p>homicide by private citizens. However, the absolute impact of even the largest and most </p><p>statistically significant estimates is quite small, given how few homicides are classified in </p><p>this way. Our estimates suggest the laws cause at most 50 additional justifiable homicides </p><p>per year across all 23 states that adopted castle doctrine. </p><p></p><p>More significantly, results indicate that castle doctrine laws increase total </p><p>homicides by 7 to 9 percent. Put differently, the laws induce an additional 500 to 700</p><p>homicides per year across the 23 states in our sample that enacted castle doctrine laws. </p><p>This finding is robust to a wide set of difference-in-differences specifications, including </p><p>region-by-year fixed effects, state-specific linear time trends, and controls for time-varying </p><p>factors such as economic conditions and policing and incarceration rates. These findings </p><p>provide evidence that lowering the expected cost of lethal force causes there to be more of </p><p>it" - page 23</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="vvvvvvv, post: 1822700, member: 5151"] "First we investigate whether the laws increase justifiable homicide by private citizens. Importantly, justifiable homicide is defined as “the killing of a felon, during the commission of a felony, by a private citizen”. This FBI classification explicitly excludes homicides when there was no other felony being committed, even if the homicide was justified under current self-defense law" - page 2 "Suggestive but inconclusive evidence indicates that castle doctrine laws increase the narrowly defined category of justifiable homicides by private citizens by 17 to 50 percent, which translates into as many as 50 additional justifiable homicides per year nationally due to castle doctrine. More significantly, we find the laws increase murder and manslaughter by a statistically significant 7 to 9 percent, which translates into an additional 500 to 700 homicides per year nationally across the states that adopted castle doctrine. " - page 4 "An example of what would NOT qualify as a justifiable homicide is “While playing cards, two men got into an argument. The first man attacked the second with a broken bottle. The second man pulled a gun and killed his attacker. The police arrested the shooter; he claimed self-defense” (Uniform Crime Reporting Handbook, 2004). Note here that under castle doctrine, the shooter may well have been justified as acting in self-defense, though again the reporting handbook explicitly states that this would not qualify as a justifiable homicide under the guidelines. " - footnote 8 For those who need the tl;dr: "We find no evidence that castle doctrine law deters crime. Furthermore, our estimates are sufficiently precise as to rule out moderate-sized deterrence effects. Thus, while our view is that it is a priori reasonable to expect that strengthening self-defense law would deter crime, we find this is not the case. We find suggestive but inconclusive evidence that these laws increase justifiable homicide by private citizens. However, the absolute impact of even the largest and most statistically significant estimates is quite small, given how few homicides are classified in this way. Our estimates suggest the laws cause at most 50 additional justifiable homicides per year across all 23 states that adopted castle doctrine. More significantly, results indicate that castle doctrine laws increase total homicides by 7 to 9 percent. Put differently, the laws induce an additional 500 to 700 homicides per year across the 23 states in our sample that enacted castle doctrine laws. This finding is robust to a wide set of difference-in-differences specifications, including region-by-year fixed effects, state-specific linear time trends, and controls for time-varying factors such as economic conditions and policing and incarceration rates. These findings provide evidence that lowering the expected cost of lethal force causes there to be more of it" - page 23 [/QUOTE]
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