Crime;
Deterrence;
Focused enforcement;
Allocation of police;
COMPETITION;
D O I:
10.1016/j.irle.2015.01.006
中图分类号:
F [经济];
学科分类号:
02 ;
摘要:
This paper explores the advantages of focusing law enforcement on some locations when offenders can choose locations. The substitutability of different crimes from the offender's perspective is established as the key variable determining whether asymmetric enforcement is socially desirable. When it is easy for offenders to substitute crimes, focused law enforcement can be preferable only when the act imposes more harm in one location than in another (e.g., speeding in a residential or industrial area). (C) 2015 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
机构:
Univ New Haven, Henry C Lee Coll Criminal Justice & Forens Sci, West Haven, CT 06516 USAUniv New Haven, Henry C Lee Coll Criminal Justice & Forens Sci, West Haven, CT 06516 USA
机构:
Indiana State Univ, Donald W Scott Coll Business, Terre Haute, IN 47809 USA
Indiana State Univ, Networks Financial Inst, Terre Haute, IN 47809 USAIndiana State Univ, Donald W Scott Coll Business, Terre Haute, IN 47809 USA
Liu, Zhiyong
Wang, Zhewei
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Shandong Univ, Sch Econ, 27 Shanda Nanlu, Jinan 250100, Shandong, Peoples R ChinaIndiana State Univ, Donald W Scott Coll Business, Terre Haute, IN 47809 USA
Wang, Zhewei
Yin, Zhendong
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Cent Univ Finance & Econ, Sch Econ, Beijing, Peoples R ChinaIndiana State Univ, Donald W Scott Coll Business, Terre Haute, IN 47809 USA