Research Handbook on the Economics of Criminal Law

Edited by Alon Harel () and Keith N. Hylton

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Abstract: Jeremy Bentham and Gary Becker established the tradition of analyzing criminal law in utilitarian and economic terms. This seminal book continues that tradition with specially commissioned, original papers that span the philosophical foundations of the use of economics in criminal law, both traditional economic perspectives and behavioral and experimental approaches to the discipline.

Keywords: Economics and Finance; Law - Academic (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: B4 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
ISBN: 9781848443747
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Chapters in this book:

Ch 1 Economic Analysis of Criminal Law: A Survey

Alon Harel

Ch 2 The Scope of Criminal Law

Murat C. Mungan

Ch 3 Some Notes on Property Rules, Liability Rules, and Criminal Law

Keith N. Hylton

Ch 4 Accuracy in Criminal Sanctions

Robert A. Mikos

Ch 5 Wealth Redistribution and the Social Costs of Crime and Law Enforcement

Avraham D. Tabbach

Ch 6 Deterrence and Incapacitation Models of Criminal Punishment: Can the Twain Meet?

Thomas J. Miceli

Ch 7 Corporate Criminal Liability: Theory and Evidence

Jennifer Arlen

Ch 8 Stumbling into Crime: Stochastic Process Models of Accounting Fraud

Michael D. Guttentag

Ch 9 The Economics of Prosecutors

Nuno Garoupa

Ch 10 Mobile Phones and Crime Deterrence: An Underappreciated Link

Jonathan Klick, John MacDonald and Thomas Stratmann

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