Economics of crime deterrence and the rational offender /

• Other Authors: Eide, Erling, Aasness, Jørgen, Skjerpen, Terje
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam ; New York : North-Holland, 1994.
• Series: Contributions to economic analysis ; v. 227.
• Subjects: Crime > Economic aspects.; Crime > Mathematical models.; Social Science > Penology.; Social Science > Criminology.; Crime & criminology.; Economics.

In this volume, the rational choice model is extended to a framework of norm-guided theories of crime are incorporated. Based on this framework, a broad range of regression analyses of crime in various parts of the world is reviewed. Many general, methodological problems of empirical studies of crim...