Beschreibung:
Crime and Economics fills the gap for a comprehensive and accessible text locating the economics of crime within the study of crime and criminology. It is written predominantly for students, but will also be valuable for managers and policy-makers.
1. Introduction 2. A Brief Introduction to Economic Theory 3. Modelling Criminal Behaviour 4. Rational Choice Theory in Criminology 5. The Labour Market, Poverty and Crime 6. Economic Tools: Estimating the Bottom Line of Criminal Justice Intervetions 7. The Costs of Crime 8. Crime Reduction 9. The Economic Analysis of Prisons and Community Justice Alternatives 10. Organised Crime 11. Illicit Drugs