Criminal Dilemmas Understanding and Preventing Crime /

• Main Author: Sieberg, Katri K. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2005.
• Edition: Second Edition.
• Series: Studies in Economic Theory, 12
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Criminal law.; Economic theory.; Criminology.; Social Sciences.; Criminology & Criminal Justice.; Economic Theory/Quantitative Economics/Mathematical Methods.; Criminal Law.

Fighting crime breeds emotional responses which often lead to counter-productive government policy. To allow a rational analysis of these important concerns, this book employs the thinking of economics, political science, and game theory to develop new perspectives on crime and its causes. A basic a...

Table of Contents:

• Alternative Sentencing
• Private Prisons
• Prostitution
• Drugs
• Gangs
• Gun Control
• Police.