ECONOMIC APPROACH TO CRIME (FROM ECONOMICS OF CRIME AND LAW ENFORCEMENT, 1976 BY LEE R MCPHETERS AND WILLIAM B STRONGE - SEE NCJ-37726)

• NCJ Number: 37731
• Author(s): G TULLOCK
• Date Published: 1976
• Length: 17 pages
• Corporate Author: Charles C. Thomas
• Publication Format: Document
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

THIS ARTICLE ATTEMPTS TO DEMONSTRATE THE UTILITY OF AN ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF CRIME BY PRESENTING SOME SIMPLE COMPUTATIONAL TOOLS IN TWO AREAS OF LAW - MOTOR VEHICLE CODE VIOLATIONS AND TAX EVASION.

Abstract

THESE PROBABILITY EQUATIONS ARE USED TO DEFINE AN 'OPTIMUM LAW'.