Lessons from the Economics of Crime: What Reduces Offending?

by Olivier Marie, Stephen Machin, Philip J. Cook

Research from the United States, Europe, and South America demonstrates the usefulness of the tools of economic analysis for the study of crime.

Economists who bring the tools of economic analysis to bear on the study of crime and crime prevention contribute to current debates a normative framework and sophisticated quantitative methods for evaluating policy, the idea of criminal behavior as rational choice, and the connection of individual...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262019612
• ISBN13: 9780262019613
• Release Date: September 2013
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 241 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher