244 Pages
by
Routledge
244 Pages
by
Routledge
244 Pages
by
Routledge
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First published in 1999. This book provides a law and economics approach towards criminal gangs which integrates the tools of economic modelling with criminal law in order to understand and address a contemporary law enforcement problem. The book draws upon ideas from economics, law and law enforcement to investigate the nature and organizational structure of criminal gangs. Law and economics are... Read more
1. A Law and Economics Approach to Group-based Criminal Laws and Criminal Street Gangs 1. The American criminal law approach to group-based crimes 2. An economic model of a criminal street gang 3. Applications to common group-based criminal statutes 4. Conclusion 2. Modeling Criminal Street Gangs as Organizations 1.Survey of economic approaches to collective action with application to street gangs: i) in search of an economic methodology for group behaviour, ii) application of economic organization theories to street gangs, iii) conclusion 2. Criminal street gangs as institutions for enforcing agreements: i) self-enforceable agreements in extended relationships, ii) economic model of a gang as an institution for enforcing agreements, iii) conclusion 3. The Economic Organization of Drug Selling Gangs 1. Contemporary theories of gangs and gang organization 2. Economic model of gang organization 3.Applications of results to observed variations in gang organization 4.Conclusion.
Biography
Liza Vertinsky
