Controlling crime : strategies and tradeoffs / edited by Philip J. Cook, Jens Ludwig, and Justin McCrary.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cook, Philip J., 1946-

Ludwig, Jens.

McCrary, Justin.

Series:

National Bureau of Economic Research conference report.

National Bureau of Economic Research conference report

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Crime prevention--Economic aspects--United States--Congresses.

Crime prevention.

Crime prevention--United States--Cost control--Congresses.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (636 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Criminal justice expenditures have more than doubled since the 1980s, dramatically increasing costs to the public. With state and local revenue shortfalls resulting from the recent recession, the question of whether crime control can be accomplished either with fewer resources or by investing those resources in areas other than the criminal justice system is all the more relevant. Controlling Crime considers alternative ways to reduce crime that do not sacrifice public safety. Among the topics considered here are criminal justice system reform, social policy, and government policies affecting alcohol abuse, drugs, and private crime prevention. Particular attention is paid to the respective roles of both the private sector and government agencies. Through a broad conceptual framework and a careful review of the relevant literature, this volume provides insight into the important trends and patterns of some of the interventions that may be effective in reducing crime.

Contents:

Economical crime control / Philip J. Cook and Jens Ludwig

Criminal justice reform. The deterrent effect of imprisonment / Steven N. Durlauf and Daniel S. Nagin ; Institutional requirements for effective imposition of fines / Anne Morrison Piehl and Geoffrey Williams ; comment: David Alan Sklansky ; If drug treatment works so well, why are so many drug users in prison? / Harold Pollack, Peter Reuter, and Eric Sevigny ; comment: Jonathan P. Caulkins ; Mental health treatment and criminal justice outcomes / Richard G. Frank and Thomas G. McGuire ; comment: Jeffrey Swanson

Regulation of criminal opportunities and criminogenic commodities. Rethinking America's illegal drug policy / John J. Donohue III, Benjamin Ewing and David Peloquin ; comment: Robert J. MacCoun ; Alcohol regulation and crime / Christopher Carpenter and Carlos Dobkin ; The role of private action in controlling crime / Philip J. Cook and John MacDonald

Social policy. Decreasing delinquency, criminal behavior, and recidivism by intervening on psychological factors other than cognitive ability: a review of the intervention literature / Patrick L. Hill, Brent W. Roberts, Jeffrey T. Grogger, Jonathan Guryan, and Karen Sixkiller ; comment: Kenneth A. Dodge ; Family income, neighborhood poverty, and crime / Sara B. Heller, Brian A. Jacob, and Jens Ludwig ; comment: Ilyana Kuziemko ; Education policy and crime / Lance Lochner ; comment: Justin McCrary ; Improving employment prospects for former prison inmates: challenges and policy / Steven Raphael ; comment: Jeffrey Smith ; Crime and the family: lessons from teenage childbearing / Seth G. Sanders ; comment: Terrie E. Moffitt and Stephen A. Ross.

Notes:

Papers of the NBER conference hosted by the Berkeley Law School on January 15-16, 2010.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)

ISBN:

9786613250254

9781283250252

128325025X

9780226115139

0226115135

OCLC:

748242328