The Economics Of Crime

Author : Bruce L. Benson,Paul R. Zimmerman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,6 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 : Rafael Di Tella,Sebastian Edwards,Ernesto Schargrodsky
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 486 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2010-08-02
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780226153766

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The Economics of Crime by Rafael Di Tella,Sebastian Edwards,Ernesto Schargrodsky Pdf

Crime rates in Latin America are among the highest in the world, creating climates of fear and lawlessness in several countries. Despite this situation, there has been a lack of systematic effort to study crime in the region or the effectiveness of policies designed to tackle it. The Economics of Crime is a powerful corrective to this academic blind spot and makes an important contribution to the current debate on causes and solutions by applying lessons learned from recent developments in the economics of crime. The Economics of Crime addresses a variety of topics, including the impact of kidnappings on investment, mandatory arrest laws, education in prisons, and the relationship between poverty and crime. Utilizining research from within and without Latin America, this book illustrates the broad range of approaches that have been efficacious in studying crime in both developing and developed nations. The Economics of Crime is a vital text for researchers, policymakers, and students of both crime and of Latin American economic policy.

Author : Anthony M. Yezer
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 494 pages
File Size : 43,9 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 : Kevin Albertson,Chris Fox
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 534 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2011-10-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781136697203

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Crime and Economics by Kevin Albertson,Chris Fox Pdf

Crime and Economics provides the first comprehensive and accessible text to address the economics of crime within the study of crime and criminology. The economics of crime is an area of growing activity and concern, increasingly influential both to the study of crime and criminal justice and to the formulation of crime reduction and criminal justice policy. As well as providing an overview of the relationship between economics and crime, this book poses key questions such as: What is the impact of the labour market and poverty on crime? Can society decrease criminal activity from a basis of economic disincentives? What forms of crime reduction and methods of reducing re-offending are most cost beneficial? Can illicit organised crime and illicit drug markets be understood better through the application of economic analysis? For those interested in economic methods, but without previous economic training, this book also provides an accessible overview of key areas such as cost-benefit analysis, econometrics and the debate around how to estimate the costs of crime. This book will be key reading for undergraduate and postgraduate students of criminology and economics and those working in the criminal justice system including practitioners, managers and policy makers.

Author : Harold Winter
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 142 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2008-05-14
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781135982409

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The Economics of Crime by Harold Winter Pdf

Wide ranging and accessible, this is the most up-to-date textbook in this area, taking current economic research and making it accessible to undergraduates and other interested readers.

Author : Gianluca Fiorentini,Sam Peltzman
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1997-08-14
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0521629551

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The Economics of Organised Crime by Gianluca Fiorentini,Sam Peltzman Pdf

The first book to apply economic theory to the analysis of all aspects of organised crime.

Author : Simon Rottenberg
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1259171682

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The Economics of Crime and Punishment by Simon Rottenberg Pdf

Author : Alon Harel,Keith N. Hylton
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 54,8 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 : Martin Bouchard,Chris Wilkins
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 171 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2013-09-13
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781317987512

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Illegal Markets and the Economics of Organized Crime by Martin Bouchard,Chris Wilkins Pdf

This book showcases recent advances in the theoretical and empirical understanding of the economic aspects of organised crime and illegal markets. It provides new insights into defining and quantifying the influence of organised crime by drawing on innovative approaches to studying criminal networks and organisations such as the Hells Angels. The book includes analysis of the structure of illegal drug markets from international leaders in the field. Finally the text includes empirical case studies of the diverse markets where organised crime is currently active including the illegal market for crystal methamphetamine in Australia, tiger products in China and the falcon and fur trades in Russia. This book was based on a special issue of Global Crime.

Author : NA NA
Publisher : Springer
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2016-04-30
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781349628537

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The Economic Dimensions of Crime by NA NA Pdf

This book seeks to raise the profile of economic perspectives on crime and criminal justice. It includes exemplars and original contributions, welded into a coherent whole by commentaries on each chapter and annotated further readings. It includes sections concerning the economic analysis of crime and punishment crime and the labor market and modeling the system-wide costs of criminal justice policies.

Author : Steven D. Levitt,Thomas J. Miles,Thomas John Miles
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,6 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 : David J. Pyle
Publisher : Springer
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 53,7 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 : Harold Winter
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2017-01-27
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780226249766

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Issues in Law and Economics by Harold Winter Pdf

Is file-sharing destroying the music industry? Should the courts encourage breach of contract? Does the threat of malpractice lawsuits cause doctors to provide too much medical care? Do judges discriminate when sentencing? With Issues in Law and Economics, Harold Winter takes readers through these and other recent and controversial questions. In an accessible and engaging manner, Winter shows these legal issues can be reexamined through the use of economic analysis. Using real-world cases to highlight issues, Winter offers step-by-step analysis, guiding readers through the identification of the trade-offs involved in each issue and assessing the economic evidence from scholarly research before exploring how this research may be used to guide policy recommendations. The book is divided into four sections, covering the basic practice areas of property, contracts, torts, and crime, with a fifth section devoted to a concise introduction to the topic of behavioral law and economics. Each chapter concludes with a series of thought-provoking discussion questions that provide readers the opportunity to further explore important ideas and concepts.

Author : Daryl A. Hellman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Crime
ISBN : UCAL:B3916701

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The Economics of Crime by Daryl A. Hellman Pdf

Author : Sjögren,,Göran Skogh
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 44,8 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.