Lessons from the economics of crime : what reduces offending? / / edited by Philip J. Cook [and three others]

• Pubblicazione: Cambridge, Massachusetts : , : The MIT Press, , [2013]; ©2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (251 p.)
• Disciplina: 364.2/5
• Soggetto topico: Crime - Economic aspects; Crime prevention; Criminals - Rehabilitation
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: CookPhilip J. <1946->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Series Foreword; Crime Economics in Its Fifth Decade; Part I: Policy Choice and Normative Framework; 1 COPS and Cuffs; 2 Drug Prohibition and Its Alternatives; 3 Mechanism Experiments for Crime Policy; Part II: Crime as a Rational Choice; 4 What Works in Reducing Re-Offending?; 5 The Young Prisoner's Dilemma; 6 What Works in Reducing Hooliganism?; Part III: Feedback and Interactions; 7 Crime and Immigration: What Do We Know?; 8 Organized Crime, Violence, and the Quality of Politicians; 9 Centralized versus Decentralized Police Hiring in Italy and the United States ; 10 The "Program of Integration and Management in Public Safety" in Minas Gerais, BrazilContributors; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Reporting on research in the United States, Europe, and South America, this book discusses such topics as a cost-benefit analysis of additional police hiring, the testing of innovative policy interventions through field experiments, imprisonment and recidivism rates, incentives and disincentives for sports hooliganism and much more.
• Titolo autorizzato: Lessons from the economics of crime
• ISBN: 0-262-31463-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910452804603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: CESifo Seminar Series