Crime and economics
Subtitle: an introduction
By: Kevin Albertson and Chris Fox
Contributors: Fox, Chris, 1973-
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 318
ISBN-13: 9781843928430; 9781843928423
Subjects: Economic aspects; Crime
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: A brief introduction to economic theory; title: Modelling criminal behaviour; title: Rational choice theory in criminology; title: The labour market, poverty and crime; title: Economic tools : estimating the bottom line of criminal justice interventions; title: The costs of crime; title: Crime reduction; title: The economic analysis of prisons and community justice alternatives; title: Organised crime; title: Illicit drugs.