The Socially Optimal Level of Offences

Anderson, R. W.

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R. W. Anderson²

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We saw in the last chapter how the level of offences responded to changes in society’s control variables. In this chapter the problem of minimising the social loss from offending will be explored.

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Formerly of the Institute of Social and Economic Research, University of York, UK
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Anderson, R.W. (1976). The Socially Optimal Level of Offences. In: The Economics of Crime. Macmillan Studies in Economics. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-02293-9_2

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