This paper shows that increasing the sanction on collective crime may increase its prevalence. This situation arises when individuals can commit crimes both individually and as part of a collective. Our result is based on an interdependence between detection probabilities where detection of an individual crime may result in the uncovering of the collective crime as well.Law enforcement, Crime, Collective Crime
Containing the spreading of crime is a major challenge for society. Yet, since thousands of years, n...
The economics of crime and punishment postulates that higher punishment leads to lower crime levels...
The intellectual study of organized crime suffers from at least four major distractions: (a) mixing...
This paper shows that increasing the sanction on collective crime may increase its prevalence. This ...
Our paper addresses the question of the deterrent effect of a monetary sanction associated to a coll...
The economic literature on crime and punishment focuses on the trade-off between probability and sev...
In this paper, we modelize a criminal organization as an agency where the Principal and the Agent ha...
This article develops a simple but general criminal decision framework in which individual crime and...
Many crimes are committed by more than one offender, meaning that viewing an individual offender as ...
We analyse an oligopoly model in which differentiated criminal organisations globally compete on cri...
This study explores individual characteristics linked to an increased risk of persistence in collect...
This paper extends Malik's (1990) analysis to the case where criminals' avoidance efforts and public...
This paper extends Malik's (1990) analysis to the case where criminals' avoidance efforts and public...
Standard models of law enforcement involve the apprehension and punishment of a single suspect, but ...
The problems associated with groups that commit crime are well known and notoriously complex. Howeve...
Containing the spreading of crime is a major challenge for society. Yet, since thousands of years, n...
The economics of crime and punishment postulates that higher punishment leads to lower crime levels...
The intellectual study of organized crime suffers from at least four major distractions: (a) mixing...
This paper shows that increasing the sanction on collective crime may increase its prevalence. This ...
Our paper addresses the question of the deterrent effect of a monetary sanction associated to a coll...
The economic literature on crime and punishment focuses on the trade-off between probability and sev...
In this paper, we modelize a criminal organization as an agency where the Principal and the Agent ha...
This article develops a simple but general criminal decision framework in which individual crime and...
Many crimes are committed by more than one offender, meaning that viewing an individual offender as ...
We analyse an oligopoly model in which differentiated criminal organisations globally compete on cri...
This study explores individual characteristics linked to an increased risk of persistence in collect...
This paper extends Malik's (1990) analysis to the case where criminals' avoidance efforts and public...
This paper extends Malik's (1990) analysis to the case where criminals' avoidance efforts and public...
Standard models of law enforcement involve the apprehension and punishment of a single suspect, but ...
The problems associated with groups that commit crime are well known and notoriously complex. Howeve...
Containing the spreading of crime is a major challenge for society. Yet, since thousands of years, n...
The economics of crime and punishment postulates that higher punishment leads to lower crime levels...
The intellectual study of organized crime suffers from at least four major distractions: (a) mixing...