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...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction / E. Eide
• Previous criminometric studies / E. Eide
• Conventional criminometric studies / E. Eide
• Criminometric analyses using equilibrium models, latent variables and panel data / Terje Skjerpen
• Conclusions / E. Eide
• The determinants of crime / E. Eide
• Methodological issues of empirical macro studies / E. Eide.