ECON 421: Economics of Crime

Course Description

Credits 3.
3 Lecture Hours.Study of crime and crime-control policies using standard economic techniques; focus on the incentives for individuals to commit crimes and how those incentives can be changed by public policy; topics may include costs of crime to society, drug control, gun control, nonviolent and violent crime, gang-related crimes, punishment, incarceration and deterrence.Prerequisite:Grade of C or better inECON 323.