The economics of crime and criminal law: An antithesis to sociological theories?

• Autores: Stephan M. Panther
• Localización: European journal of law and economics, ISSN 0929-1261, Vol. 2, Nº 4, 1995, págs. 365-378
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The relationship between sociology and economics of crime has been dominated by mutual prejudice and misunderstanding. This paper tries to contribute to a change of this stale of affairs by showing that, on the one hand, the economics of crime does not as a method imply politically conservative policy recommendations and, on the other hand, that insights of the sociology of crime may enrich the economic approach considerably. This is done via a brief survey of the economics of enforcement, the literature on the relation of income distribution and unemployment on crime, and the literature relating sociological theories of crime to methodological individualism.