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This chapter presents the economic theory of enforcement. It begins with a positive theory of enforcement, which emphasizes deterrence. Deterrence involves the costs and benefits of lawbreaking for citizens and the costs and benefits of enforcement by the government. The discussion relates enforcement to settlement, deterrence, and irrationality.
Economists, particularly applied microeconomists, have made important contributions to our understanding of the negative relationship between police force size and crime, as well as the measurement of racial bias, which is an important component of the social cost of policing, particularly in the United States.
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Sep 30, 2022 · This chapter presents the economic theory of enforcement. It begins with a positive theory of enforcement, which emphasizes deterrence. Deterrence involves the costs and benefits of lawbreaking ...
Nov 26, 2001 · Behavioral economic analysis of law typically adapts the classical model to include a heuristic or bias. The model, that is, specifies a decision process that, except on the dimension along which the heuristic or bias works, conforms to the classical model. The analysis then identifies equilibrium behavior in this model.
Aug 11, 2020 · In both, the ACS and Uniform Crime Reports, policing is a male-dominated profession; over 85% of officers are male, and there has been little change in the gender composition of law enforcement over time. In 2017, 60% of US residents were white, 18% Hispanic, 13% black, and 6% Asian.
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The rapidly growing influence of the economic approach to criminology in academic study and in policy-making is indicated in the abridged bibliography that follows this article. The economists have revived the model of the "rational" criminal and have reopened the question of punishment as a deterrent. In these new studies, however, there is a ...
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Jun 5, 2012 · ‘The theory of public enforcement of law’, in Polinsky and Shavell (eds.), Handbook of Law and Economics, Handbooks in Economices, Vol 1. Pontin , B. 1998 . ‘Tort law and Victorian government growth: The historiographical significance of tort in the shadow of chemical pollution and factory safety regulation’ , Oxford Journal of Legal Studies 18 : 661–680.
