Lessons from the economics of crime : what reduces offending?

Lessons from the economics of crime : what reduces offending? / edited by Philip J. Cook, Stephen Machin, Olivier Marie, and Giovanni Mastrobuoni.

Reporting on research in the United States, Europe, and South America, this book discusses such topics as a cost-benefit analysis of additional police hiring, the testing of innovative policy interventions through field experiments, imprisonment and recidivism rates, incentives and disincentives for...

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Other Authors: Cook, Philip J., 1946- (Editor), Machin, Stephen (Editor), Marie, Olivier, 1976- (Editor), Mastrobuoni, Giovanni (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2013]
Series:CESifo seminar series.
Subjects:
Crime > Economic aspects.
Crime prevention.
Criminals > Rehabilitation.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Criminology.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economics > Comparative.
Crime > Economic aspects
Crime prevention
Criminals > Rehabilitation
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Summary:Reporting on research in the United States, Europe, and South America, this book discusses such topics as a cost-benefit analysis of additional police hiring, the testing of innovative policy interventions through field experiments, imprisonment and recidivism rates, incentives and disincentives for sports hooliganism and much more.
Physical Description:1 online resource (vi, 241 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781461944645
1461944643
1299939090
9781299939097
0262314630
9780262314633
9780262314640
0262314649
DOI:10.7551/mitpress/9780262019613.001.0001
Language:English.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.

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