Handbook on the economics of crime / edited by Bruce L. Benson, Paul R. Zimmerman.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Benson, Bruce L., 1949-

Zimmerman, Paul R., 1973-

Series:

Elgar original reference.

Elgar original reference

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Crime--Economic aspects.

Crime.

Criminal justice, Administration of--Economic aspects.

Criminal justice, Administration of.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (552 p.)

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham : Edward Elgar, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 prod

Contents:

Cover; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Preface: background and overview; Acknowledgments; PART ITHEORETICAL AND EMPIRICAL DEVELOPMENTS: BECKER, EHRLICH AND BEYOND; 1 The market model of crime: a short review and new directions; 2 Estimating the supply of crime: recent advances; 3 The measure of vice and sin: a review of the uses, limitations and implications of crime data; 4 Dynamic perspectives on crime; PART IIECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF THE PUBLIC PRODUCTION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE; 5 The historical development of public policing, prosecution and punishment

6 Police, prisons, and punishment: the empirical evidence on crime deterrence7 Prison population and crime; 8 The allocation of police; 9 The economic analysis of corruption; 10 Economics of crime and drugs: prohibitions and public policies for illicit drug control; PART III CRIME AND THE ECONOMY; 11 The economic costs of criminal activity: a discussion of methodological approaches and empirical estimates; 12 Crime and housing prices; 13 Corruption, crime and economic growth; 14 Labor markets and crime: new evidence on an old puzzle

15 Private policing: experiences, evaluation and future directionPART IV CONTROVERSIES AND DEBATES IN THE ECONOMICS-OF-CRIME LITERATURE; 16 The economics of capital punishment and deterrence; 17 Firearms and homicide; 18 Abortion and crime: a review; 19 Casinos and crime in the USA; 20 Conclusion; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-88987-7

9786612889875

1-84980-620-9

OCLC:

682540029