"In this paper we evaluate what economists have learned over the past 40 years about the determinants of crime. We base … crime. Even hypotheses that find some support in U.S. data for recent decades are inconsistent with data over longer …

This essay explores how liability insurance mediates the boundary between torts and crime. Liability insurance … than ordinary means to contest the state's accusations. The crime-tort separation in liability insurance cannot be … for criminal defense costs suggests that liability insurance institutions could cover a broader swath of crime torts than …