PART Ⅰ THEORETICAL AND EMPIRICAL DEVELOPMENTS:BECKER, EHRLICH AND BEYOND 3
1 The market model of crime: a short review and new directions&Isaac Ehrlich 3
2 Estimating the supply of crime: recent advances&Helen Tauchen 24
3 The measure of vice and sin: a review of the uses, limitations and implications of crime data&Alexander Tabarrok, Paul Heaton and Eric Helland 53
4 Dynamic perspectives on crime&Justin McCrary 82
PART Ⅱ ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF THE PUBLIC PRODUCTION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE 109
5 The historical development of public policing, prosecution and punishment&Nicholas A. Curott and Edward Peter Stringham 109
6 Police, prisons, and punishment: the empirical evidence on crime deterrence&Jonathan Klick and Alexander Tabarrok 127
7 Prison population and crime&Thomas B. Marvell 145
8 The allocation of police&Bruce L. Benson 184
9 The economic analysis of corruption&Fred S. McChesney 218
10 Economics of crime and drugs: prohibition and public policies for illicit drug control&Edward M. Shepard and Paul R. Blackley 249
PART Ⅲ CRIME AND THE ECONOMY 279
11 The economic costs of criminal activity: a discussion of methodological approaches and empirical estimates&Allen K. Lynch 279
12 Crime and housing prices&Keith Ihlanfeldt and Tom Mayock 303
13 Corruption, crime and economic growth&Benjamin Powell, G.P. Manish and Malavika Nair 328
14 Labor markets and crime: new evidence on an old puzzle&David B. Mustard 342
15 Private policing: experiences, evaluation and future direction&Erwin A. Blackstone and Simon Hakim 359
PART Ⅳ CONTROVERSIES AND DEBATES IN THE ECONOMICS-OF-CRIME LITERATURE 381
16 The economics of capital punishment and deterrence&Paul R. Zimmerman 381
17 Firearms and homicide&Carlisle E. Moody 432
18 Abortion and crime: a review&Ted Joyce 452
19 Casinos and crime in the USA&Douglas M. Walker 488
20 Conclusion&Bruce L. Benson and Paul R. Zimmerman 518
Index 523