The Economics of Crime: An Introduction to Rational Crime Analysis

Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Table of
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
1. Rational crime basics
	The rational criminal
	The benefit of crime
	Appendix: crime definitions (FBI Uniform Crime Report, 2009)
	References
2. Crime and the certainty of punishment
	A brief primer on empirical analysis
	An empirical crime study
	Police manpower and crime
	Policing technology and crime
	Conviction rates and crime
	References
3. Severity of punishment I: fines and efficient punishment
	Certainty versus severity of punishment
	Some problems with fines
	Fines and wealthy criminals
	Shaming punishments
	Sexual offender registration and notification laws
	References
4. Severity of punishment II: prison and crime
	Deterrence versus incapacitation
	Measuring the incapacitation effect
	The three-strikes law
	The privatization of prisons
	The harshness of sanctions
	The inequality of equal prison sentences
	References
5. Severity of punishment III: the death penalty and crime
	Does the death penalty deter murder?
	Wrongful conviction/execution
	Death penalty administrative costs
	Death penalty and race
	References
6. Racial bias and the criminal justice system
	Racial profiling
	Judicial bias
	Juror bias
	Race and criminal background checks
	Bias in Australia
	References
7. Private crime deterrence
	Deterrence versus displacement
	Shall-issue laws
	Gun control
	Gun buybacks and mass shootings
	Crime as a disease
	References
8. The war on drugs
	Addiction and drug control
	Drug prohibition and violence
	The case for legalization?
	References
9. Behavioral crime and punishment
	Does efficiency matter?
	Risk, ambiguity, and expected punishment
	Incapacitation, deterrence, and the framing of prison sentences
	Implicit racial bias
	Addiction and impatience
	Behavioral versus traditional economics: final thoughts
	References
10. Economists and crime
	Abortion and the crime rate
	Final thoughts: what economists do
	References
Index