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Economics of crime : deterrence and the rational offender /

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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...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Emerald Publishing Group
Other Authors: Eide, Erling, Aasness, Jørgen, Skjerpen, Terje
Format: 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.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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.