Economics of crime and enforcement

Assuming only a previous course in basic microeconomics, Economics of Crime and Enforcement is an innovative book which is strongly linked to the new theoretical and empirical journal literature.Showing the power of microeconomics in action, Yezer covers a wide array of topics, including benefit-cos...

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Main Author Yezer, Anthony (Author)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published New York, NY ; Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2025.
EditionSecond edition.
Subjects
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781003521594
1003521592
9781040355268
1040355269
9781040355312
1040355315
9781032861555
9781032861623
Physical Description1 online resource (428 pages) : illustrations.

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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction. Part I Fundamental Economics of Crime and Enforcement 1. The Economic Rationale for the Criminal Law 2. Benefit/Cost Analysis of the Enforcement Decision 3. Measuring the Amount and Cost of Crime Part II Applying Economic Theory to Crime 4. The Market for "Victimless" Crime 5. The Market for Crime with Victims 6. Risk Preferences and the Supply of Offenses 7. The State Preference Model and the Economics of Tax Evasion 8. Modeling Neighborhood Crime and Self-Enforcement 9. Enforcement Games Part III Use of Statistical Analysis in Research on Crime 10. Behavioral Economics and Crime 11. Statistical Problems in Testing Models of Crime Part IV Economics of Specific Enforcement Issues 12. Implicit Market Measures of the Benefits of Crime Control 13. Economics of Incarceration: Deterrence and Incapacitation 14. Economics of Three-Strikes Legislation 15. Juvenile Crime 16. Neighborhood Gangs 17. Economic Effects of Private Enforcement 18. The Broken Windows Hypothesis 19. Crime and Economic Development 20. Guns and Crime 21. Drugs and Crime 22. Economics of Profiling and Prediction 23. The Special Case of Murder.