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Learning outcomes

Through this course, students will learn how the use of microeconomic and game theoretic tools can help us to understand crime and criminal behavior. Through this analysis, the student learns to recognize possible unintended consequences of current rules and policies related to crime. Through recognition of these consequences, more effective policies can be designed.

Contents

Criminal Justice and Policy is designed to approach the topic of crime and criminal behavior using new perspectives. Traditional approaches to crime treat the criminal as a deviant. While this focus is useful, it ignores cases in which criminals make well-informed, rational decisions. By treating criminals as rational actors, we can identify factors that influence their decisions and design policy to create disincentives crime. In particular, we will explore the effects of current policy on criminal behavior and will attempt to find better alternatives.

Evaluation

Study materials

Textbook and journal articles

Belongs to following study modules

2018–2019

Teaching

Archived Teaching Schedule. Please refer to current Teaching Shedule.

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