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Handbook on the economics of crime / edited by Bruce L. Benson (DeVoe Moore and distinguished research professor of economics, economics department chair and courtesy professor of law, Florida State University, USA), Paul R. Zimmerman (economist in antitrust I, United States Federal Trade Commission, USA)
Contributor(s): Resource type: Ressourcentyp: Buch (Online)Book (Online)Language: English Series: Elgar original reference | Edward Elgar E-Book ArchivePublisher: Cheltenham, U.K ; Northampton, Mass, USA : Edward Elgar, 2010Description: 1 Online-Ressource (xv, 533 pages) : diagramsISBN:- 9781849806206
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- 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 production and allocation of various criminal justice services is also examined, as are significant components of the costs and consequences of crime. Finally, current debates and controversies in the economics of crime literature are considered, with the expert contributors offering suggestions and guidance for future research.
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