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Carlisle Eaton Moody, Jr.
Born (1943-05-02) May 2, 1943 (age 81)
Academic career
FieldEconomics, criminology
InstitutionCollege of William & Mary
Alma materColby College, University of Connecticut

Carlisle E. Moody (born May 2, 1943)[1] is an American economist, criminologist, and professor of economics at the College of William & Mary.

Education

Moody received his B.A. from Colby College and his M.A. (1966) and Ph.D. (1970) from the University of Connecticut, all in economics.[2]

Research

Moody has done research on the relationship between gun laws and crime.[3] He has also published studies pertaining to other subjects in the field of criminology, such as the effectiveness of increasing the prison population on crime rates.[4] In a 1995 study in the journal Criminology, Moody and his colleague Thomas Marvell reported that they found little evidence that sentence enhancements for gun crimes were effective at reducing crime rates or gun use.[5][6] Marvell and Moody have also conducted studies on the effect of three-strikes laws, which, according to their research, are associated with higher homicide rates. Their results were originally published in 2001[7] and replicated the following year.[8] In a 2002 study, Moody, along with Grant Duwe and Tomislav Kovandzic, found very little, if any, evidence that right-to-carry laws affected the number of mass shootings.[9][10] In 2008, he co-authored a study, along with Dave Kopel, that found that countries with higher gun ownership rates tend to have higher levels of political and civil freedom.[11][12]

Views

Moody has said that he disagrees with the National Research Council's claim that there is insufficient evidence to conclude that right-to-carry laws lead to lower crime rates. He has also said that his research on the subject suggests that such laws do deter crime, but only slightly.[3] He has said that his research suggests that states with higher prison populations have lower crime rates; in 2000, he told the Washington Post that "The fact is, if you put people in jail, it helps."[13]

References

  1. ^ "Carlisle E. Moody". Library of Congress. Retrieved 22 January 2016.
  2. ^ "Carlisle E. Moody CV". College of William & Mary website. Retrieved 22 January 2016.
  3. ^ a b Robison, Mark (3 June 2015). "Fact Checker: Do more guns increase crime?". Reno Gazette-Journal. Retrieved 22 January 2016.
  4. ^ Whitaker, Leslie (22 February 1998). "Crime In The Streets". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 22 January 2016.
  5. ^ MARVELL, THOMAS B.; MOODY, CARLISLE E. (May 1995). "THE IMPACT OF ENHANCED PRISON TERMS FOR FELONIES COMMITTED WITH GUNS*". Criminology. 33 (2): 247–281. doi:10.1111/j.1745-9125.1995.tb01178.x.
  6. ^ Goldstein, Dana (14 October 2015). "Politicians Still Say Longer Prison Sentences Prevent Gun Violence — But Do They?". The Marshall Project. Retrieved 22 January 2016.
  7. ^ Marvell, Thomas B.; Moody, Carlisle E. (January 2001). "The Lethal Effects of Three‐Strikes Laws". The Journal of Legal Studies. 30 (1): 89–106. doi:10.1086/468112.
  8. ^ Marano, Lee (16 September 2002). "Study: 3-strikes laws increase homicides". UPI. Retrieved 22 January 2016.
  9. ^ Duwe, G.; Kovandzic, T.; Moody, C. E. (1 November 2002). "The Impact of Right-to-Carry Concealed Firearm Laws on Mass Public Shootings". Homicide Studies. 6 (4): 271–296. doi:10.1177/108876702237341.
  10. ^ Schroeck, Eric (14 January 2011). "Fox & Friends Hosts GOP Lawmaker To Push Myth That More Guns Deter Crime". Media Matters. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
  11. ^ Kopel, David B.; Moody, Carlisle E.; Nemerov, Howard (2008). "Is There a Relationship between Guns and Freedom? Comparative Results from 59 Nations". Texas Review of Law and Politics. doi:10.2139/ssrn.1090441.
  12. ^ Bandow, Doug (24 January 2013). "Guns and Freedom". American Spectator. Retrieved 22 January 2016.
  13. ^ Masters, Brooke (19 October 2000). "Allen Takes Credit for Crime Drop". Washington Post. Retrieved 22 January 2016.
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