Controlling crime strategies and tradeoffs
by
Cook, Philip J., 1946-
Title
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Controlling crime strategies and tradeoffs
Author
:
Cook, Philip J., 1946-
Publication Information
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Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, 2012.
Physical Description
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ix, 624 p. : ill.
Series
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National Bureau of Economic Research conference report
National Bureau of Economic Research conference report.
General Note
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Papers of the NBER conference hosted by the Berkeley Law School on January 15-16, 2010.
Contents
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Economical crime control / Philip J. Cook and Jens Ludwig -- Criminal justice reform. The deterrent effect of imprisonment / Steven N. Durlauf and Daniel S. Nagin ; Institutional requirements for effective imposition of fines / Anne Morrison Piehl and Geoffrey Williams ; comment: David Alan Sklansky ; If drug treatment works so well, why are so many drug users in prison? / Harold Pollack, Peter Reuter, and Eric Sevigny ; comment: Jonathan P. Caulkins ; Mental health treatment and criminal justice outcomes / Richard G. Frank and Thomas G. McGuire ; comment: Jeffrey Swanson -- Regulation of criminal opportunities and criminogenic commodities. Rethinking America's illegal drug policy / John J. Donohue III, Benjamin Ewing and David Peloquin ; comment: Robert J. MacCoun ; Alcohol regulation and crime / Christopher Carpenter and Carlos Dobkin ; The role of private action in controlling crime / Philip J. Cook and John MacDonald -- Social policy. Decreasing delinquency, criminal behavior, and recidivism by intervening on psychological factors other than cognitive ability: a review of the intervention literature / Patrick L. Hill, Brent W. Roberts, Jeffrey T. Grogger, Jonathan Guryan, and Karen Sixkiller ; comment: Kenneth A. Dodge ; Family income, neighborhood poverty, and crime / Sara B. Heller, Brian A. Jacob, and Jens Ludwig ; comment: Ilyana Kuziemko ; Education policy and crime / Lance Lochner ; comment: Justin McCrary ; Improving employment prospects for former prison inmates: challenges and policy / Steven Raphael ; comment: Jeffrey Smith ; Crime and the family: lessons from teenage childbearing / Seth G. Sanders ; comment: Terrie E. Moffitt and Stephen A. Ross.
Subject Term
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Crime prevention -- Economic aspects -- United States -- Congresses.
Crime prevention -- United States -- Cost control -- Congresses.
Genre
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Electronic books.
Added Author
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Cook, Philip J., 1946-
Ludwig, Jens.
McCrary, Justin.
Added Corporate Author
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ProQuest (Firm)
Electronic Access
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Library | Material Type | Item Barcode | Shelf Number | Status |
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IYTE Library | E-Book | 1385536-1001 | HV7432 .C66 2012 | Ebrary E-Books |