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The Economic Dimensions of Crime

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
  2. An Introduction to the Economic Dimensions of Crime and Punishment

    1. An Introduction to the Economic Dimensions of Crime and Punishment

      • Nigel G. Fielding, Alan Clarke, Robert Witt
      Pages 1-10
  3. The Economic Analysis of Crime and Punishment

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 11-11
    2. Crime and Punishment: an Economic Approach

      • Gary S. Becker
      Pages 13-68
    3. The Economics of Crime

      • Antony W. Dnes
      Pages 69-81
    4. Economists, Crime and Punishment

      • David Pyle
      Pages 82-98
    5. Conspiracy among the Many: the Mafia in Legitimate Industries

      • Diego Gambetta, Peter Reuter
      Pages 99-120
    6. Towards an Economic Approach to Crime and Prevention

      • Graham Farrell, Sharon Chamard, Ken Clark, Ken Pease
      Pages 121-137
  4. Crime and the Labour Market: Economic and Structural Factors

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 139-139
    2. Crime and Consumption

      • Simon Field
      Pages 141-148
    3. Crime and the Labour Market

      • Richard B. Freeman
      Pages 149-175
    4. Work and Crime: an Exploration Using Panel Data

      • Ann D. Witte, Helen Tauchen
      Pages 176-191
    5. Crime, Unemployment and Deprivation

      • Alan Clarke, Nigel G. Fielding, Robert Witt
      Pages 209-222
  5. Modelling the System-Wide Costs of Criminal Justice Policies and Programmes

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 223-223
    2. Modelling the Cost of Crime

      • Allen K. Lynch, Todd Clear, David W. Rasmussen
      Pages 225-237
    3. Auditing Criminal Justice

      • Joanna Shapland
      Pages 238-250
  6. Back Matter

    Pages 251-260

About this book

This book seeks to raise the profile of economic perspectives on crime and criminal justice. It includes exemplars and original contributions, welded into a coherent whole by commentaries on each chapter and annotated further readings. It includes sections concerning the economic analysis of crime and punishment crime and the labor market and modeling the system-wide costs of criminal justice policies.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Institute of Social Research, University of Surrey, UK

    Nigel G. Fielding

  • University of Surrey, UK

    Alan Clarke, Robert Witt

About the editors

Nigel G. Fielding is a Lecturer in Sociology, Alan Clarke is Professor of Sociology, and Robert Witt is Senior Lecturer in Economics at the University of Surrey.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Economic Dimensions of Crime

  • Editors: Nigel G. Fielding, Alan Clarke, Robert Witt

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-62853-7

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave History Collection, History (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2000

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-312-23161-3Published: 02 December 2000

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-349-62853-7Published: 30 April 2016

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 260

  • Topics: Science, Humanities and Social Sciences, multidisciplinary

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