Lessons from the economics of crime what reduces offending?

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...

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Other Authors: Cook, Philip J. (Editor), Machin, Stephen (Editor), Marie, Olivier (Editor), Mastrobuoni, Giovanni (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts The MIT Press 2013
Series:CESifo seminar series
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Collection: MIT Press eBook Archive - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary: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
Physical Description:vi, 241 pages
ISBN:0262314649
0262314630
1461944643
9781461944645
9781299939097
1299939090
9780262314640
9780262314633