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Some research initially presented at NBER conferences and in NBER Working Papers is reviewed, revised, and formally published in NBER books by the University of Chicago Press, as well as in well-known ...

This book contributes to the current debate on causes and solutions by applying lessons learned from recent developments in the economics of crime. The Economics of Crime addresses a variety of topics ...