The Economics of Crime: An Introduction to Rational Crime Analysis

ISBN-13: 9781138607538 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 136 str.

Harold Winter

Opis

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.

Spis treści

1 Rational crime basics  2 Crime and the certainty of punishment  3 Severity of punishment I: fines and efficient punishment  4 Severity of punishment II: prison and crime  5 Severity of punishment III: the death penalty and crime  6 Racial bias and the criminal justice system  7 Private crime deterrence  8 The war on drugs  9 Behavioral crime and punishment  10 Economists and crime

O autorze

Harold Winter is Professor of Economics at Ohio University. His previous books include The Economics of Excess: Addiction, Indulgence, and Social Policy (2011), Trade-Offs: An Introduction to Economic Reasoning and Social Issues (2013), and Issues in Law and Economics (2017).