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Crime Economics: An Original Institutional Approach book cover

1st Edition

Crime Economics An Original Institutional Approach

By Clotilde Champeyrache Copyright 2025
170 Pages
by Routledge

170 Pages
by Routledge

170 Pages
by Routledge
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Presenting an original institutional approach, this book makes the case for an empirically based crime economics that aims to guide the fight against crime within a logic of reasonable capitalism and the common good. Historically, it was not until a seminal article by Gary Becker that mainstream economists showed any interest in the criminal economy. The new field of crime economics was, in... Read more

Introduction

Part 1 – Traditional Crime Economics Versus Original Institutionalism Insights

1. Traditional Crime Economics: Birth And Shortcomings

2. Understanding Crime: The Necessary Revival Of The Legal-Economic Nexus

3. Understanding Crime: The Relevance Of Original Institutionalism

Part 2 – Original Institutional Economic Variations Around Criminal Realities

4. Choosing Crime: Beyond Rational Calculation

5. Illegal Markets: An Evolutionary And Cooperative View

6. The Infiltration Of Legitimate Businesses: Beyond Money Laundering, A Power Issue

7.  Legal Or Illegal? A Fading Frontier

Conclusion

Biography

Clotilde Champeyrache, (economist and criminologist) is an associate professor at the Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers, attached to the Security – Defense – Intelligence Department. She lectures on topics related to criminology, criminal economy, and crime control. Her research focuses on organized crime, with a particular interest in mafia-type organizations and criminal infiltration of the legal economy.

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