The economics of crime : an introduction to rational crime analysis / Harold Winter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Winter, Harold, 1960- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Crime--Economic aspects.

Crime.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (147 pages)

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York, New York : Routledge, [2020]

Summary:

Wide ranging and accessible, The Economics of Crime is the most up-to-date textbook in the field, taking current economic research and making it accessible to undergraduates and other interested readers.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

Table of Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

1. Rational crime basics

The rational criminal

The benefit of crime

Appendix: crime definitions (FBI Uniform Crime Report, 2009)

References

2. Crime and the certainty of punishment

A brief primer on empirical analysis

An empirical crime study

Police manpower and crime

Policing technology and crime

Conviction rates and crime

3. Severity of punishment I: fines and efficient punishment

Certainty versus severity of punishment

Some problems with fines

Fines and wealthy criminals

Shaming punishments

Sexual offender registration and notification laws

4. Severity of punishment II: prison and crime

Deterrence versus incapacitation

Measuring the incapacitation effect

The three-strikes law

The privatization of prisons

The harshness of sanctions

The inequality of equal prison sentences

5. Severity of punishment III: the death penalty and crime

Does the death penalty deter murder?

Wrongful conviction/execution

Death penalty administrative costs

Death penalty and race

6. Racial bias and the criminal justice system

Racial profiling

Judicial bias

Juror bias

Race and criminal background checks

Bias in Australia

7. Private crime deterrence

Deterrence versus displacement

Shall-issue laws

Gun control

Gun buybacks and mass shootings

Crime as a disease

8. The war on drugs

Addiction and drug control

Drug prohibition and violence

The case for legalization?

9. Behavioral crime and punishment

Does efficiency matter?

Risk, ambiguity, and expected punishment.

Incapacitation, deterrence, and the framing of prison sentences

Implicit racial bias

Addiction and impatience

Behavioral versus traditional economics: final thoughts

10. Economists and crime

Abortion and the crime rate

Final thoughts: what economists do

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-429-88377-3

0-429-46715-X

0-429-88378-1

9780429467158

OCLC:

1117343195