Economics Of Criminal Law

Author : Alon Harel,Keith N. Hylton
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2012-01-01
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780857930651

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Research Handbook on the Economics of Criminal Law by Alon Harel,Keith N. Hylton Pdf

Jeremy Bentham and Gary Becker established the tradition of analyzing criminal law in utilitarian and economic terms. This seminal book continues that tradition with specially commissioned, original papers that span the philosophical foundations of the use of economics in criminal law, both traditional economic perspectives and behavioral and experimental approaches to the discipline. The contributors examine and evaluate the optimal design of criminal law norms as well as the ideal structure of law enforcement institutions. They delineate what wrongs ought to be criminalized, identify the boundaries between criminal law and tort, and determine the optimal size of sanctions given the differential vulnerability of victims. They also analyze the special considerations that apply to the regulation of corporate crime, the effects of technology on crime, and the effects of the distribution of wealth on sentencing. This essential Handbook provides students and scholars of criminal law and law and economics the opportunity to explore the diversity of contemporary approaches to the economics of crime. Criminologists, sociologists and policymakers will also find it a valuable addition to their collections.

Author : Steven D. Levitt,Thomas J. Miles,Thomas John Miles
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Crime
ISBN : 1845427831

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Economics of Criminal Law by Steven D. Levitt,Thomas J. Miles,Thomas John Miles Pdf

This volume brings together some of the most influential articles in the field of law and economics. Together the chapters illustrate how economic theory and rigorous empirical analysis can shed light on some of the most important issues in social science and public policy.

Author : Thomas J. Miceli
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2019-11-06
Category : Law
ISBN : 9783030316952

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The Paradox of Punishment by Thomas J. Miceli Pdf

This book explores the insights that can be gained by looking at the criminal justice system from an economic point of view. It provides an economic analysis of the institutional structure and function of the criminal justice system, how its policies are formulated, and how they affect behavior. Yet it goes beyond an examination of specific policies to address the broad question of how law influences behavior. For example, it examines how concepts such as the possibility of redemption affect the decisions of repeat offenders, and whether individual responsibility is (or should be) a pre-requisite for punishment. Finally, the book argues that, in addition to the threat of criminal sanctions, law inculcates principles of acceptable behavior among citizens by asserting that certain acts are “against the law.” This “expressive function” of law can influence behavior to the extent that at least some people in society are receptive to such a message. For these people, the moral content of law has more than mere symbolic value, and consequently, it can expand the scope of traditional law enforcement while lowering its cost. Another goal of the book is therefore to use economic theory to assess this dualistic function of law by specifically recognizing how its policies can both internalize an ethic of obedience to the law among some people irrespective of its consequences, while simultaneously threatening to punish those who only respond to external incentives.

Author : Lukas Staffler
Publisher : Springer Gabler
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2021-12-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 3658344717

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Business Criminal Law by Lukas Staffler Pdf

This textbook deals with business criminal law from the perspective of Germany, Austria, Liechtenstein and Switzerland. It primarily addresses students in business and economics (master's programme) as well as business practitioners, but is also meant for lawyers and law students. As criminal law legislators exert considerable influence on economic life, raising and growing awareness in the area of criminal law seems compulsory for future managers and executives. This textbook approaches the legal field less normatively and rather in a practical and entrepreneurial way. Its contents are based on the master level class "Business Criminal Law" at "MCI | The Entrepreneurial School" taught by the author. This textbook has been recommended and developed for university courses in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

Author : Nuno Garoupa
Publisher : Edward Elgar Pub
Page : 458 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Law
ISBN : 1847202756

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Criminal Law and Economics by Nuno Garoupa Pdf

Criminal Law and Economics applies economic theory to explain crime, law enforcement, criminal law and criminal procedure. This pathbreaking book draws together sixteen chapters by leading scholars in the field, summarizing theoretical and empirical work researched to date on criminal law and economics. The topics range from private and public enforcement of the law, criminal procedure and regulation to terrorism, cyber crime and tax evasion. The expert contributors also cover the political economy of criminal law as well as behavioral criminal law and economics.This updated state-of-the-art reference book on criminal law will be an excellent tool for scholars and graduate students in law and economics.

Author : Sjögren,,Göran Skogh
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2004-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1843769832

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New Perspectives on Economic Crime by Sjögren,,Göran Skogh Pdf

Economic crime is, by definition, crime committed to gain profit within an otherwise legitimate business. Examples are illegal pollution, brand name infringement and tax evasion.

Author : Jenny Bourne Wahl
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Law
ISBN : 0815330855

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Overview and Economic Analysis of Property and Criminal Law by Jenny Bourne Wahl Pdf

First published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author : Erling Eide,Paul H. Rubin,Joanna Mehlop Shepherd
Publisher : Now Publishers Inc
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781933019482

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Economics of Crime by Erling Eide,Paul H. Rubin,Joanna Mehlop Shepherd Pdf

Economics of Crime presents the basic model of criminal behavior and law enforcement. The authors start by reviewing the economics of criminal behavior. Models of criminal behavior applying the model of individual rational behavior are presented. Empirical studies surveyed use regression analyses and employ data from states and police regions down to individuals. These studies tend to support the hypothesis that the probability of punishment and the severity of punishment have a deterrent effect on crime. Methodological problems relating to the assumption of rationality, statistical identification of equations, measurement errors, and operationalization of theoretical variables are discussed. Economics of Crime also review the theory of public enforcement including probability and severity, fines and imprisonment, repeat offenders, incentives of enforcers, enforcement costs and enforcement errors. Economics of Crime is intended for economists and lawyers, practitioners, scholars and students in the field of law and economics, microeconomics, and criminology who wish to learn the basics of the economics of crime, criminal behavior, and law enforcement.

Author : Anthony M. Yezer
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 494 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2014-12-18
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781317472452

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Economics of Crime and Enforcement by Anthony M. Yezer Pdf

This text is designed for use in a course on the economics of crime in a variety of settings. Assuming only a previous course in basic microeconomics, this innovative book is strongly linked to the new theoretical and empirical journal literature. Showing the power of microeconomics in action, Yezer covers a wide array of topics. There are chapters on the following topics: benefit-cost and the imprisonment decision, enforcement games, juvenile crime, private enforcement, economics of 3 strikes law, broken windows strategies, police profiling, and crime in developing countries. There are also separate chapters on guns, drugs, and capital punishment. Timely boxed examples are found throughout. Problems at the end of each chapter allow students to reinforce their microeconomics skills and to gain insight into the way they can be applied to case examples.

Author : Bruce L. Benson,Paul R. Zimmerman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Crime
ISBN : 1849804311

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Handbook on the Economics of Crime by Bruce L. Benson,Paul R. Zimmerman Pdf

While few economists analyzed criminal behaviour and the criminal justice process before Gary Becker's seminal 1968 paper, an enormous body of economic research on crime has since been produced. This insightful and comprehensive Handbook reviews and extends much of this important resulting research. The Handbook on the Economics of Crime provides cutting-edge and specially commissioned contributions dealing with theoretical and empirical modeling of criminal choice and behavior, including Isaac Ehrlich's exposition of what he labels the 'market, or equilibrium, model of crime'. The public production and allocation of various criminal justice services is also examined, as are significant components of the costs and consequences of crime. Finally, current debates and controversies in the economics of crime literature are considered, with the expert contributors offering suggestions and guidance for future research. With a broad set of crime-related topics examined from an economic perspective, this extensive Handbook will be welcomed by academic researchers and graduate students of the economics of crime and criminology as well as legal scholars focusing on criminal law.

Author : Liza Vertinsky
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2019-01-15
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780429876493

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A Law and Economics Approach to Criminal Gangs by Liza Vertinsky Pdf

First published in 1999. This book provides a law and economics approach towards criminal gangs which integrates the tools of economic modelling with criminal law in order to understand and address a contemporary law enforcement problem. The book draws upon ideas from economics, law and law enforcement to investigate the nature and organizational structure of criminal gangs. Law and economics are employed in varying combinations and at varying levels of specificity to generate insights into the organization and behaviour of criminal gangs. These insights are applied to evaluate alternative legal approaches and to inform the design of a new criminal law approach towards criminal gangs. Attention is focused on the organization of criminal street gangs, both because the growth and increasing sophistication of these gangs offer special challenges for law enforcement and because of the potential contributions which such an understanding could yield for economists who have traditionally focused on the organizational structure of legitimate enterprises.

Author : National Bureau of Economic Research
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UOM:39015034654924

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Essays in the Economics of Crime and Punishment by National Bureau of Economic Research Pdf

When a giant invades the peaceful kingdom of the Tatrajanni and takes the different-looking girl prisoner, it takes the combined efforts of the wise woman of the mountain, the Prince, and the girl herself to rid the kingdom of the intruder.

Author : David J. Pyle
Publisher : Springer
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1983-06-18
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781349052455

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The Economics of Crime and Law Enforcement by David J. Pyle Pdf

Author : Ndiva Kofele-Kale
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2016-03-03
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781317027225

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The International Law of Responsibility for Economic Crimes by Ndiva Kofele-Kale Pdf

Focusing on the problem of indigenous spoliation in developing countries, this work explores the controversial issue of spoliation by national officials of the wealth of the states of which they are custodians. Due to constraints of the state system and the lack of appropriate substantive municipal law, efforts to punish those responsible for the economic rape of entire nations and to recover spoliated funds have been frustrated and rendered insubstantial. Taking a multidisciplinary approach and on the basis of data generated from empirical, cross-national research, this study makes the case for indigenous spoliation as a violation of international law. Substantially revised and updated to take account of recent legal and political developments, the second edition will be a valuable resource for academics, practitioners, NGOs, and policymakers.

Author : American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Law
ISBN : UOM:39015010410598

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The Economics of Crime and Punishment by American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research Pdf

Papers presented at a conference held July 1972 in Washington, D.C. Includes bibliographical references.