TY  - BOOK
AU  - Benson,Bruce L.
AU  - Zimmerman,Paul R.
TI  - Handbook on the economics of crime 
SN  - 9781847209542 
U1  - 364 
PY  - 2010///
CY  - Cheltenham, UK
PB  - Edward Elgar
KW  - Crime
KW  - Economic aspects
KW  - Criminal justice, Administration of
KW  - Criminaliteit
KW  - gtt
KW  - Rechtseconomie
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - Contents

        Machine generated contents note: pt. I THEORETICAL AND EMPIRICAL DEVELOPMENTS: BECKER, EHRLICH AND BEYOND
        1.The market model of crime: a short review and new directions /​ Isaac Ehrlich
        2.Estimating the supply of crime: recent advances /​ Helen Tauchen
        3.The measure of vice and sin: a review of the uses, limitations and implications of crime data /​ Eric Helland
        4.Dynamic perspectives on crime /​ Justin McCrary
        pt. II ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF THE PUBLIC PRODUCTION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE
        5.The historical development of public policing, prosecution and punishment /​ Edward Peter Stringham
        6.Police, prisons, and punishment: the empirical evidence on crime deterrence /​ Alexander Tabarrok
        7.Prison population and crime /​ Thomas B. Marvell
        8.The allocation of police /​ Bruce L. Benson
        9.The economic analysis of corruption /​ Fred S. McChesney
        10.Economics of crime and drugs: prohibition and public policies for illicit drug control /​ Paul R. Blackley
        Contents note continued: pt. III CRIME AND THE ECONOMY
        11.The economic costs of criminal activity: a discussion of methodological approaches and empirical estimates /​ Allen K. Lynch
        12.Crime and housing prices /​ Tom Mayock
        13.Corruption, crime and economic growth /​ Malavika Nair
        14.Labor markets and crime: new evidence on an old puzzle /​ David B. Mustard
        15.Private policing: experiences, evaluation and future direction /​ Simon Hakim
        pt. IV CONTROVERSIES AND DEBATES IN THE ECONOMICS-OF-CRIME LITERATURE
        16.The economics of capital punishment and deterrence /​ Paul R. Zimmerman
        17.Firearms and homicide /​ Carlisle E. Moody
        18.Abortion and crime: a review /​ Ted Joyce
        19.Casinos and crime in the USA /​ Douglas M. Walker
        20.Conclusion /​ Paul R. Zimmerman.


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