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

• NCJ Number: 37738
• Author(s): M SESNOWITZ
• Date Published: 1976
• Length: 6 pages
• Corporate Author: Charles C. Thomas
• Publication Format: Document
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

THIS NOTE PRESENTS A MODEL FOR DETERMINING THE MONETARY RETURN TO BURGLARY - USING THE MODEL WITH 1967 BURGLARY DATA IN PENNSYLVANIA, IT WAS FOUND THAT SUCH RETURNS WERE NEGATIVE.

Abstract

THIS MODEL IS DESCRIBED BY R=(1-P)S + P(S-D), WHERE P IS THE PROBABILITY THAT THE INDIVIDUAL IS CAUGHT AND PENALIZED; S IS THE AMOUNT STOLEN; D IS THE DOLLAR EQUIVALENT OF THE PENALTY IMPOSED ON THOSE APPREHENDED; AND R IS THE RETURN.