The Economic Dimensions of Crime
Contributors: Nigel G. Fielding (Editor); Alan Clarke (Editor); Robert Witt (Editor)
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: November 4, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 274
ISBN-13: 9780312231613
Subjects: Criminology; Economic Conditions; Business & Economics / Economic Conditions; Social Science / Criminology; Social Science-Criminology; Crime And Criminals; Economics Of Special Subjects; Social Science; Sociology; Crime; Criminal justice, Administrati; Criminal justice, Administration of; Economic aspects; Business/Economics
First sentence: Since the turn of the twentieth century, legislation in Western countries has expanded rapidly to reverse the brief dominance of laissez faire during the nineteenth century.