Lessons from the economics of crime : what reduces offending? / edited by Philip J. Cook, Stephen Machin, Olivier Marie, and Giovanni Mastrobuoni.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cook, Philip J., 1946- editor.

Machin, Stephen, editor.

Marie, Olivier, 1976- editor.

Mastrobuoni, Giovanni, editor.

Series:

CESifo seminar series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Crime--Economic aspects.

Crime.

Crime prevention.

Criminals--Rehabilitation.

Criminals.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vi, 241 pages).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2013]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Reporting on research in the United States, Europe, and South America, this book discusses such topics as a cost-benefit analysis of additional police hiring, the testing of innovative policy interventions through field experiments, imprisonment and recidivism rates, incentives and disincentives for sports hooliganism and much more.

Contents:

I Policy Choice and Normative Framework

1 COPS and Cuffs / Emily Greene Owens Owens, Emily Greene 17

2 Drug Prohibition and Its Alternatives / John J. Donohue III Donohue, John J. III 45

3 Mechanism Experiments for Crime Policy / Jens Ludwig Ludwig, Jens, Jeffrey R. Kling Kling, Jeffrey R., Sendhil Mullainathan Mullainathan, Sendhil 67

II Crime as a Rational Choice

4 What Works in Reducing Re-Offending? / Aurélie Ouss Ouss, Aurélie 93

5 The Young Prisoner's Dilemma: Juvenile: Recidivism in Germany / Stefan Pichler Pichler, Stefan, Daniel Römer Römer, Daniel 111

6 What Works in Reducing Hooliganism? / Mikael Priks Priks, Mikael 131

III Feedback and Interactions

7 Crime and Immigration: What Do We Know? / Brian Bell Bell, Brian, Stephen Machin Machin, Stephen 149

8 Organized Crime, Violence, and the Quality of Politicians: Evidence from Southern Italy / Paolo Pinotti Pinotti, Paolo 175

9 Centralized versus Decentralized Police Hiring in Italy and the United States / Paolo Buonanno Buonanno, Paolo, Giovanni Mastrobuoni Mastrobuoni, Giovanni 189

10 The "Program of Integration and Management in Public Safety" in Minas Gerais, Brazil: A Descriptive Analysis / Rodrigo R. Soares Soares, Rodrigo R., Igor Viveiros Viveiros, Igor 205.

Notes:

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

ISBN:

9781461944645

1461944643

1299939090

9781299939097

0262314630

9780262314633

9780262314640

0262314649

OCLC:

861199600

Publisher Number:

ebc3339687

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.