Download This PaperEconomic Models of Criminal Behavior: An Overview
ECONOMIC MODELS OF CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR, John Heineke, ed., North-Holland Publishing Company, 1978
17 Pages Posted: 11 Aug 2011
Date Written: 1978
Abstract
In this paper we construct four rather broad classes of theoretical models of criminal behavior and analyze the properties of each class. Our focus is on the testable hypotheses which arise from each class.
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