The Economics of Rights: Does the Right to Counsel Increase Crime?
利用以色列一项赋予被捕嫌疑人获得公共律师权利的法律改革，研究发现该改革缩短了逮捕时长、降低了被起诉概率，但也减少了警方逮捕数量并导致犯罪增加。
We examine the broad consequences of the right to counsel by exploiting a legal reform in Israel that extended the right to publicly provided legal counsel to suspects in arrest proceedings. Using the staggered regional rollout of the reform, we find that the reform reduced arrest duration and the likelihood of arrestees being charged. We also find that the reform reduced the number of arrests made by the police. Lastly, we find that the reform increased crime. These findings indicate that the right to counsel improves suspects ' situation, but discourages the police from making arrests, which results in higher crime.