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ECNS 316 - Economics of Crime and Risky Behaviors



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Course Syllabus


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Outline of material for midterm

Midterm

Alcohol and Crime HW

Outline of material for final


Lecture 1: Economic Rationale for Criminal Law


Lecture 2: Benefit/Cost Analysis of the Enforcement Decision

Lecture 1 & 2 readings

Ehrlich (1996) - required

Becker (1968) - optional


Lecture 3: Measuring Amount and Cost of Crime

Lecture 3 reading

McCollister et al. (2010) - required


Lecture 4: Victimless Crime

Lecture 4 readings

Anderson et al. (2013) - required

Cunningham and Shah (2018) - required


Lecture 5: Crime with Victims


Lecture 6: Risk Preferences and Supply of Offenses

Lecture 6 reading

Mungan and Klick (2014) - optional


Lecture 7: State Preference Model

Lecture 7 readings

Braguinsky et al. (2014) - required

Alm and Torgler (2006) - optional


Lecture 8: Neighborhood Crime


Lecture 9: Game Theory and Crime


Lecture 10: Guns and Crime

Lecture 10 readings

Lott and Mustard (1997) - required

Duggan (2001) - required

Anderson and Sabia (2018) - required

Lang (2013) - required

McClellan and Tekin (2017) - required

Carr and Doleac (2018) - required

Cheng and Hoekstra (2017) - optional


Lecture 11a: Alcohol and Crime

Lecture 11b: Wet Laws and Crime

Lecture 11 readings

Carpenter and Dobkin (2015) - required

Anderson et al. (2018) - required


Lecture 12: Legalization of Marijuana

Lecture 12 readings

Anderson and Rees (2021) - required


Lecture 13a: The Meth Project and Teen Meth Use

Lecture 13b: Education and Substance Use

Lecture 13 readings

Anderson (2010) - required