The Economic Dimensions of Crime - Hardcover

Nigel G. Fielding

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0333760387 ISBN 13: 9780333760383

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, 2000

Synopsis

This book seeks to raise the profile of economic perspectives on crime and criminal justice. It includes exemplars and original contributions, welded into a coherent whole by commentaries on each chapter and annotated further readings. Its sections are: the economic analysis of crime and punishment; crime and the labour market; and modelling the system-wide costs of criminal justice policies. The book will be core reading for students and researchers in criminology, criminal justice, the sociology of deviance, criminal psychology, socio-legal studies, and applied economics.

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About the Author:

NIGEL FIELDING is Professor of Sociology and co-Director of the Institute of Social Research at the University of Surrey. His publications include The National Front (1981), Joining Forces (1988), The Political and Social Conflict (1991), Investigating Child Sexual Abuse (1992), Community Policing (1995), and Computer Analysis and Qualitative Research (1998). ALAN CLARKE is Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Surrey. He has published articles in the British Journal of Criminology, British Journal of Sociology and Sociological Review. He is co-author of Evaluation Research: An Introduction to Principles, Methods and Practice. ROBERT WITT is Senior Lecturer in Economics at the University of Surrey. He recently led a research group funded by the ESRC under its Crime and Social Order Programme. He has published papers in economics and crime journals, including Applied Economics,, British Journal of Criminology, Bulletin of Economic Research, Energy Economics, Manchester School, Regional Studies and the Scottish Journal of Political Economy.

About this edition

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0333760387
• ISBN 13: 9780333760383
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 276