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The Economic Epidemiology of Crime
The Journal of Law and Economics, 1996Economic 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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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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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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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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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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Crime and the Cost of Crime: An Economic Approach
Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, 1972In the past few years there has been a considerable shift in the proportion of resources devoted to more operational or manage ment-oriented approaches to criminological research and devel opment. To a large extent this shift, with a few notable exceptions, has been accomplished by the influx of researchers or practitioners from outside the ranks of ...
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