Screen LibraryCriminals and victims
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Stanford Economics and Finance, an imprint of Stanford University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Stanford, California |
| Publication Dates: | c2011. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | xiii, 292 pages: ; 24 cm |
| ISBN: |
9780804762526 (cloth : alk. paper) 080476252X (cloth : alk. paper) |
| Index Number: | D917 |
| CLC: | D917.9 |
| Call Number: | D917.9/A432 |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-286) and index. Who are criminals? : A review -- The planning of crime -- Violence and damages -- The destruction of evidence -- The recommission of crime : recidivism -- Who are victims? : A review -- Self-protection against crime victimization -- The decision to resist -- The decision to report -- Labor-market consequences of crime victimization. Criminals and Victims presents an economic analysis of decisions made by criminals and victims of crime before, during, and after a crime or victimization occurs. Its main purpose is to illustrate how the application of analytical tools from economics can help us to understand the causes and consequences of criminal and victim choices, aiding efforts to deter or reduce the consequences of crime. By examining these decisions along a logical timeline over which crimes take place, we can begin to think more clearly about how policy effects change when it is targeted at specific decisions within |