Economic Approach to Crime 2200-1CV32
1. Trends in Crime in Poland, Europe and the US
Measures of crime: court and Police statistics, victimisation surveys. Trends in crime over last 50 years. Imprisonment statistics.
Siemaszko, Andrzej, Beata Gruszczyńska, Marek Marczewski (2009), “Atlas przestępczości w Polsce 4”, Oficyna Naukowa, Warszawa.
2. Economic model of human behaviour
How Economics analyses human behavour and how we can apply it to crime? Human behaviour, free choice, rationality, incentives.
Becker, Gary S. (1968), “Crime and Punishment: An Economic Approach”, 76 Journal of Political Economy, 169-217.
3. Economic model of crime
Market for crime and social equilibrium. Public and private choice.
Ehrlich, Isaac, Zbrodnia, kara oraz rynek przestępstw, „Ius et Lex" 1(V)/2007, s. 75-112.
4. Economic approach to crime and criminal law and criminology
Fundamental rules of criminal law and the economic model of crime. Other criminological approaches to crime.
Posner, Richard (1985), “An Economic Theory of the Criminal Law”, Columbia Law Review, vol. 85 no 6, s. 1193 – 1231.
5. Cost of crime
Social cost of crime. How to calculate it and what it means for public policy.
Czabański, Jacek, Estimates of Cost of Crime. History, Methodologies, and Implications, Springer 2008.
6-7. Deterrence and incapacitation
Review of research of deterrence and incapacitation.
Levitt Steven D., The Effect of Prison Population Size on Crime Rates: Evidence From Prison Overcrowding Litigation, „Quarterly Journal of Economics” 107, 1996, pp. 319-351
Kessler, Daniel and Steven Levitt, (1999), “Using Sentence Enhancements to Distinguish between Deterrence and Incapacitation”, Journal of Law and Economics 17, s. 343-363.
8. Death penalty
Detterent efect of death penalty. Review of research.
Dezhbakhsh Hashem, Rubin Paul H., Shepherd Joanna M., Does Capital Punishment Have a Deterrent Effect? New Evidence from Post Moratorium Panel Data, „American Law and Economics Review” 5(2), 2003, s. 344-376.
9. „Three Strike and You’re Out” laws
Do „Three Strikes” laws have a deterent effect? Are they cost-efficient?
Shepherd Joanna, Fear of the First Strike: The Full Deterrent Effect of California’s Two-And Three-Strikes Legislation, „Journal of Legal Studies” 31, 2002, pp. 159-201.
10. Crime and growth
Crime level and growth rate. Rule of law. Separation of powers.
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Bibliography
Becker, Gary S. (1968), “Crime and Punishment: An Economic Approach”, 76 Journal of Political Economy, 169-217.
Czabanski, Jacek (2008), Cost of Crime. History, Methodologies, and Implications, Springer Verlag.
Czabanski, Jacek (2009), The Feasibility of Cost of Crime Estimations in Eastern Europe - The Case of Poland, "European Journal of Criminal Policy and Research", vol. 15 iss. 4 (2009), s. 327.
Ehrlich, Isaac (1996), “Crime, Punishment, and the Market for Offences”, Journal of Economic Perspectives, vol. 10, pp. 43-67.
Glaeser, Edward L. (1999), “An Overview of Crime and Punishment”, NBER Working Paper.
Posner, Richard (1985), “An Economic Theory of the Criminal Law”, Columbia Law Review, vol. 85 no 6, s. 1193 – 1231.
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