A model where a portion of the population participates in illegal activities is developed. The propensity to participate in crimes depends on the probability and the opportunity cost of beingarrested. The government can influence these variables by law enforcement expenditures and by social...

Es wird ein Modell präsentiert, in dem ein Teil der Bevölkerung straffällig wird.Die Neigung zur Kriminalität hängt von der Wahrscheinlichkeit ab, entdeckt zuwerden, sowie von den Opportunitätskosten, falls man entdeckt wird. Der Staatkann diese Variablen durch Strafverfolgungsmaßnahmen...

We use a stylized model to show that, if transfers to the poor arefounded on a security argument, there is a negative trade-off betweenlaw enforcement expenditures and criminality. In contrast, if transfersare based on altruism, the correlation between the same variables mayappear positive. We...

Im vorliegenden kurzen Beitrag diskutieren wir Fragestellungen, die bei der Bewertungdieser sicherheitspolitischen Entwicklung Eingang finden sollten. Ziel dieser Arbeit ist dieDarstellung von theoretischen Argumenten und empirischen Erkenntnissen, welche es unteranderem bei der Planung und...

CII Introduction: the importance of the insurance industry to everyday life in the UK cannot be better illustrated by the plight facing reformed offenders who have difficulty accessing it. In this latest CII thinkpiece, Chris Bath of the charity UNLOCK, which represents reformed offenders argues...

This paper explores changes in the relationship betweenrace, income, and criminal victimization over time. Interestin this question is motivated by the widening incomedistribution of the last two decades. Between 1980 and1994, the share of income earned by the top 5 percentof American families...