LAW AND ECONOMICS APPROACH TO CRIMINAL GANGS. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Names: Vertinsky, Liza
• Contents: Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; 1 A Law and Economics Approach to Group-based Criminal Laws and Criminal Street Gangs; I. The American Criminal Law Approach to Group-based Crimes; II. An Economic Model of a Criminal Street Gang; III. Applications to Common Group-based Criminal Statutes; IV. Conclusion; Appendices; Notes; 2 Modeling Criminal Street Gangs as Organizations; Part I. Survey of Economic Approaches to Collective Action with Application to Street Gangs; I. In Search of an Economic Methodology for Group Behavior II. Application of Economic Organization Theories to Street GangsIII. Conclusion; Part II. 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; Appendices; Notes; 3 The Economic Organization of Drug Selling Gangs; I. Contemporary Theories of Gangs and Gang Organization; II. Economic Model of Gang Organization; III. Applications of Results to Observed Variations in Gang Organization; IV. Conclusion; Appendices; Notes
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : ROUTLEDGE
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource (1 volume.)
• Subjects: 364.1066; Gangs; Gang prevention; Gang prevention; Gangs; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780429464720; 0429876491; 9780429876493; 9780429876486; 0429876483
• Related ISBNs: 042946472X; 1138608874; 9781138608870
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