Gemäß der klassischen ökonomischen Theorie der Kriminalität sollte ein Anstieg der erwarteten Strafe (also des … Bestätigung der ökonomischen Theorie der Kriminalität. …

article shows that augmented sanctions often serve the less vulnerable targets. While decreasing crime, harsher sanctions also …

without civilian jobs to go to, many countries got an oversupply of qualified violent people for crime, warfare and private … protection. In this 'market for extortion' the entry of new violent entrepreneurs enhances the profitability of them all. The …

abilities. Typically, there is more crime in the low ability group and increasing punishment reduces crime, but the opposite may …

affect crime but instead affect police behavior. I compare these models with alternative models of the police-public game …

theory concludes differently. From the game theoretical perspective, inspectors anticipate the effect of increased … inspections and do not affect crime rates. We present two laboratory experiments, which challenge this perspective by … that humans show both kinds of bounded rationality in the strategic situation of crime, control and punishment. We conclude …

the roles of threats and reputation, cooperation, and retaliation. Dovetailing the theory of repeated games and empirical …

control is primarily understood in the context of the enforcement of law and/or the control of crime and deviance … concept (not a specific theory) that can be conceptualized in at least two ways: as a broad concept related to social order …; or in a narrow understanding related to crime and/or deviance. This paper, reviews the concept of social control in …

Game theory is central to understanding human behavior and relevant to all of the behavioral sciences—from biology and … economics, to anthropology and political science. However, as The Bounds of Reason demonstrates, game theory alone cannot fully … Gintis shows that just as game theory without broader social theory is merely technical bravado, so social theory without …