Rewarding good behavior of prisoners is a benefit to society

Tuesday, October 6, 2015 - 12:50 in Psychology & Sociology

In any penal system, controlling the misbehavior of prisoners is challenging and costly. However, reducing the operational costs of prisons is possible when good behavior is rewarded, a Stanford professor says. It is always socially desirable to reward good behavior with either a reduced sentence or parole, according to Stanford’s A. Mitchell Polinsky, an economist […]

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