The Economic Dimensions of Crime

Description

This book seeks to raise the profile of economic perspectives on crime and criminal justice. It includes exemplars and original contributions, welded into a coherent whole by commentaries on each chapter and annotated further readings. It includes sections concerning the economic analysis of crime and punishment crime and the labor market and modeling the system-wide costs of criminal justice policies. Front Matter....Pages i-xii An Introduction to the Economic Dimensions of Crime and Punishment....Pages 1-10 Front Matter....Pages 11-11 Crime and Punishment: an Economic Approach....Pages 13-68 The Economics of Crime....Pages 69-81 Economists, Crime and Punishment....Pages 82-98 Conspiracy among the Many: the Mafia in Legitimate Industries....Pages 99-120 Towards an Economic Approach to Crime and Prevention....Pages 121-137 Front Matter....Pages 139-139 Crime and Consumption....Pages 141-148 Crime and the Labour Market....Pages 149-175 Work and Crime: an Exploration Using Panel Data....Pages 176-191 ‘The Devil Finds Work for Idle Hands to Do’: the Relationship between Unemployment and Delinquency....Pages 192-208 Crime, Unemployment and Deprivation....Pages 209-222 Front Matter....Pages 223-223 Modelling the Cost of Crime....Pages 225-237 Auditing Criminal Justice....Pages 238-250 Back Matter....Pages 251-260