Exam 28: The Economics of Crime

Under the rational criminal model, an increase in the punishment associated with getting convicted will

Marginal benefit-marginal cost analysis suggests that we spend too much money incarcerating

Of the people arrested in 2014 in the U.S., _______ got some jail time.

Of the following explanations for while crime fell from 1990 to 2014 which does the Brennan Center suggest had an impact in the 1990s but not after?

Which of the following reasons offered for why crime fell in the 1990s does the Brennan Center suggest had a significant impact?

Average annual per convict incarceration costs run about

Under the rational criminal model, a decrease in the legal income producing opportunities available to a population will

All totaled local, state and federal governments spend ______ on police, the judiciary and prisons.

In 2014, ______ Americans were arrested.

When blacks are murdered it is typically at the hands of

Among the most difficult costs of crime to evaluate might be the

Under the rational criminal model, an increase in the legal income producing opportunities available to a population will

The costs borne by an individual victim of theft can diverge from the social costs if the

A rational criminal model assumes

Whether it is the linkage to increases in the prevalence of abortion in the 1970s or the laws reducing lead from paint and gasoline during that time, economists

Which of the following reasons offered for why crime fell in the 1990s the Brennan Center suggest had a significant impact?

To an economist, the question of whether the right type of criminals are in jail hinges on

The Brennan Center listed several explanations that accounted for decreases in crime in the 1990s but argued that the impact did not account for decreases in from 2000 to 2014. What economic concept would account for this?

The optimal level of crime control is achieved where

A rational criminal model assumes