Modern Guide to the Economics of Crime

Häftad, Engelska, 2024

AvPaolo Buonanno,Paolo Vanin,Juan Vargas

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A Modern Guide to the Economics of Crime discusses the evolution of a field, whose growing relevance among scholars and policymakers is partly related to the persistence of crime and violence around the world and partly to the remarkable progress made in recent years in the economic analysis of individual and organised crime. Such progress is related to the so-called “credibility revolution” as well as to the cross-fertilization of economics and other social sciences such as criminology, sociology and political science. With contributions from some of the leading scholars in the economics of crime, the volume highlights a variety of topics, conceptual frameworks and empirical approaches, thus providing a comprehensive overview of the most recent developments of the field.Emphasising the importance of designing crime-reducing policies that are guided by rigorous empirical analyses, the contributions leverage the availability of novel and administrative micro-data, the use of research designs that unveil causal relationships, and the interdisciplinarity of approaches and theoretical frameworks. The Modern Guide moves through four parts: first investigating the role of the police and their effectiveness, then moving on to look at the distinct socio-economic factors that may induce individuals to commit crimes, followed by issues related to crime in specific groups including migrants, women and racial minorities, and finally turning from individual to organized crime.This Modern Guide will be an invigorating read for economics and criminology students and scholars looking at the relationship between the two fields. Policy makers will also benefit from the application of interdisciplinary theory to empirical research in the chapters.

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Utgivningsdatum2024-04-05
Mått156 x 234 x undefined mm
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieElgar Modern Guides
FörlagEdward Elgar Publishing Ltd
ISBN9781035338986

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Contents:1 The changing nature of economics of crime 1Paolo Buonanno, Paolo Vanin and Juan Vargas2 The economics of policing and crime 12Federico Masera3 The geography of crime and policing 30Matthew Freedman, Emily Owens and Derek Christopher4 Broken windows policing and crime: Evidence from80 Colombian cities 55Daniel Mejía, Ervyn Norza, Santiago Tobón andMartín Vanegas-Arias5 Decarceration and crime: California’s experience 88Patricio Dominguez, Magnus Lofstrom andSteven Raphael6 A note on electronic monitoring and some challenges to itsimplementation 135Rafael Di Tella and Ernesto Schargrodsky7 Education and crime: What we know and where do we go? 150Joel Carr, Olivier Marie and Sunčica Vujić8 Unbundling the relationship between economic shocks and crime 184Eduardo Ferraz, Rodrigo Soares and Juan Vargas9 Social prevention of crime: Alternatives to policing measuresin an urban context 205Magdalena Domínguez and Daniel Montolio10 Peer effects in crime 227Evelina Gavrilova and Marcello Puca11 New evidence on immigration and crime 243Paolo Pinotti and Sandra V. Rozo12 Females in crime 265Evelina Gavrilova13 Racial bias in the criminal justice system 286Jennifer L. Doleac14 Gangs and organized crime 305Ben Lessing and Maria Micaela Sviatschi15 Organised crime, elections and public policies 320Pasquale Accardo, Giuseppe De Feo and Giacomo De Luca16 What predicts corruption? 345Emanuele Colonnelli, Jorge Gallego and Mounu Prem17 Organised crime, state and the legitimate monopoly of violence 374Tommy E. Murphy and Paolo VaninIndex 395