"Criminals and Victims" presents an economic analysis of decisions
made by criminals and victims of crime before, during, and after a
crime or victimization occurs. Its main purpose is to illustrate
how the application of analytical tools from economics can help us
to understand the causes and consequences of criminal and victim
choices, aiding efforts to deter or reduce the consequences of
crime. By examining these decisions along a logical timeline over
which crimes take place, we can begin to think more clearly about
how policy effects change when it is targeted at specific decisions
within the body of a crime.
This book differs from others by recognizing the timeline of a
crime, paying particular attention to victim decisions, and
examining each step in the crime cycle at the micro-level. It
demonstrates that criminals plan their crimes in systematic,
economically logical ways; that deterring the destruction of
criminal evidence may deter crime in general; and that white-collar
criminals exhibit recidivism patterns not unlike those of street
criminals. It further shows that the degree of criminality in a
society motivates a variety of self-protection behaviors by
potential victims; that not all victim resistance makes matters
worse (and some may help); and that victims who report their crimes
do not receive high returns for going to the police, helping to
explain why some crimes ultimately go unreported.
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