Handbook on the economics of crime/ Edited by Bruce L. Benson, Paul R. Zimmerman

Cover; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Preface: background and overview; Acknowledgments; PART ITHEORETICAL AND EMPIRICAL DEVELOPMENTS: BECKER, EHRLICH AND BEYOND; 1 The market model of crime: a short review and new directions; 2 Estimating the supply of crime: recent advances; 3 The measure of vice and sin: a review of the uses, limitations and implications of crime data; 4 Dynamic perspectives on crime; PART IIECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF THE PUBLIC PRODUCTION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE; 5 The historical development of public policing, prosecution and punishment. 6 Police, prisons, and punishment: the empirical evidence on crime deterrence7 Prison population and crime; 8 The allocation of police; 9 The economic analysis of corruption; 10 Economics of crime and drugs: prohibitions and public policies for illicit drug control; PART III CRIME AND THE ECONOMY; 11 The economic costs of criminal activity: a discussion of methodological approaches and empirical estimates; 12 Crime and housing prices; 13 Corruption, crime and economic growth; 14 Labor markets and crime: new evidence on an old puzzle. 15 Private policing: experiences, evaluation and future directionPART IV CONTROVERSIES AND DEBATES IN THE ECONOMICS-OF-CRIME LITERATURE; 16 The economics of capital punishment and deterrence; 17 Firearms and homicide; 18 Abortion and crime: a review; 19 Casinos and crime in the USA; 20 Conclusion; Index.