Focusing Law Enforcement When Offenders Can Choose Location

Tim Friehe and Thomas Miceli

No 2014-15, Working papers from University of Connecticut, Department of Economics

Abstract: This paper explores the advantages of focusing law enforcement on some locations when offenders can choose locations. The substitutability of different crimes from the offender's perspective is established as the key variable determining whether asymmetric enforcement is socially desirable. When it is easy for offenders to substitute crimes, focused law enforcement can be preferable only when the act imposes more harm in one location than in another (e.g., speeding in a residential or industrial area).

Keywords: crime; deterrence; focused enforcement; allocation of police (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: K42 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 20 pages
Date: 2014-07
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