This article develops a model of crime in which human capital increases the opportunity cost of crime from foregone … fewer street (unskilled) crimes. White collar crimes decline less (or increase) with age and education. Predictions for age-crime … and education-crime relationships receive broad empirical support in self-report data from the National Longitudinal …

A model shows how reputation concerns can support widespread street crime, a street culture, where the direct … reputation concerns draw into crime those who obtain no direct gain from it. The model matches facts about violent crime that a …

Agents may commit a crime twice. The act is inefficient so that the agents are to be deterred. Even if an agent is law … probability of apprehension. If the benefit from the crime is small, the optimal sanction scheme is decreasing in the number of …

As regards to the abrupt growth of crime, it has been analyzed that, only with Becker's (1968) original findings, is … explain the mechanisms which react to crime. New research lines are being demonstrated the topic which studies the existing … or family heritage has impact on crime. The approach which gives us the support on this research parts from the …

Private protection and public policing interact in the fight against property crime. While property owners tailor their …

queuing theory. We demonstrate that a benevolent decision-maker weighs the trade-off between the desire to increase the volume … using queuing theory in conjunction with issues of court delay and prosecution incentives. While thus far this tool has been …

We examine the short- and medium-term effects of announcements of changes in anti-crime policies in the distant future … changes in delinquency. However, announcements of tighter anti-crime policies may even increase delinquent activities, at … credible communication strategy may generate an impact on crime politics. Finally, increasing the variance of policy …