Economics of Crime - An Introduction to Rational Crime Analysis

Wide ranging and accessible, The Economics of Crime is the most up-to-date textbook in the field, taking current economic research and making it accessible to undergraduates and other interested readers.

List of contents

1 Rational crime basics  2 Crime and the certainty of punishment  3 Severity of punishment I: fines and efficient punishment  4 Severity of punishment II: prison and crime  5 Severity of punishment III: the death penalty and crime  6 Racial bias and the criminal justice system  7 Private crime deterrence  8 The war on drugs  9 Behavioral crime and punishment  10 Economists and crime

About the author

Harold Winter is Professor of Economics at Ohio University. His previous books include The Economics of Excess: Addiction, Indulgence, and Social Policy (2011), Trade-Offs: An Introduction to Economic Reasoning and Social Issues (2013), and Issues in Law and Economics (2017).

Summary

Wide ranging and accessible, The Economics of Crime is the most up-to-date textbook in the field, taking current economic research and making it accessible to undergraduates and other interested readers.

Product details

• Authors: Harold Winter, Winter Harold
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.08.2019
• EAN: 9781138607538
• ISBN: 978-1-138-60753-8
• No. of pages: 136
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics; POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / Microeconomics, LAW / Banking, Politics & government, Politics and government, Crime and criminology, Crime & criminology, Microeconomics, Banking law