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020 _a9781847209542
082 0 4 _a364
_bBEN.H
245 0 0 _aHandbook on the economics of crime
_cedited by Bruce L. Benson, Paul R. Zimmerman.
260 _aCheltenham, UK ;
_bEdward Elgar,
_c2010.
300 _axv, 533 p. :
_bill. ;
_c26 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 _aContents 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.
650 0 _aCrime
_xEconomic aspects.
650 0 _aCriminal justice, Administration of
_xEconomic aspects.
650 1 7 _aCriminaliteit
_2gtt
650 1 7 _aRechtseconomie
_2gtt
700 1 _aBenson, Bruce L.,
_d1949-
700 1 _aZimmerman, Paul R.,
_d1973-
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