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The Economic Epidemiology of Crime

The Journal of Law and Economics, 1996
Economic analysis of infectious diseases emphasizes the self-correcting character of epidemics, as rising risk of infection causes potential victims to take self-protective measures. We apply the analysis to crime, showing how rational potential victims of crime will take increased self-protective measures in response to rising crime rates, causing ...
Posner, Richard A., Philipson, Tomas J.
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Economics of Crime

2005
This highly innovative and intriguing book applies principles of microeconomics to unusual settings to inspire students, teachers and scholars alike in the ‘dismal science'. Leading experts show how economics reaches into the strangest of places and throws light onto the occasionally dark side of human nature.
Bruce L. Benson, Simon W. Bowmaker
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[Economic crime].

Quaderni di criminologia clinica, 1977
Economic crime, often also referred to as white collar crime, is one of the most incidious and predatory of offenses. Unlike street crime, for which there may well be some protection, the average citizen is completely at the mercy of the perpetrators of economic crimes. The concept of white collar crime was first identified by Edwin H. Sutherland.
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The Economics of Crime

2000
Economics examines crime as a special case of maximising behaviour. The literature has developed separately from the economic analysis of law as a part of mainstream applied economics, as economists have mostly concerned themselves, as does this chapter, with the economics of criminal deterrence.
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The Economics of Crime

Southern Economic Journal, 1981
Thomas F. Pogue   +2 more
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