Crime Economics - An Original Institutional Approach

Presenting an original institutional approach, this book makes the case for an empirically-based crime economics that aims to guide the fight against crime within a logic of reasonable capitalism and the common good.

List of contents

Introduction Part 1 - Traditional Crime Economics Versus Original Institutionalism Insights 1. Traditional Crime Economics: Birth And Shortcomings 2. Understanding Crime: The Necessary Revival Of The Legal-Economic Nexus 3. Understanding Crime: The Relevance Of Original Institutionalism Part 2 - Original Institutional Economic Variations Around Criminal Realities 4. Choosing Crime: Beyond Rational Calculation 5. Illegal Markets: An Evolutionary And Cooperative View 6. The Infiltration Of Legitimate Businesses: Beyond Money Laundering, A Power Issue 7. Legal Or Illegal? A Fading Frontier Conclusion

About the author

Clotilde Champeyrache, (economist and criminologist) is an associate professor at the Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers, attached to the Security - Defense - Intelligence Department. She lectures on topics related to criminology, criminal economy, and crime control. Her research focuses on organized crime, with a particular interest in mafia-type organizations and criminal infiltration of the legal economy.

Summary

Presenting an original institutional approach, this book makes the case for an empirically-based crime economics that aims to guide the fight against crime within a logic of reasonable capitalism and the common good.

Product details

• Authors: Clotilde Champeyrache
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 18.11.2024
• EAN: 9781032396996
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3239699-6
• No. of pages: 160
• Series: Economics as Social Theory; Routledge Frontiers of Political Economy
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Economy, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / Theory, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / Microeconomics, Economic theory & philosophy, Organized crime, Political Economy, Microeconomics, Economic theory and philosophy