The Economic Analysis of Criminal Law

3 credits

The economic analysis of crime and the criminal justice system. The rational model of crime. Evidence-based empirical analysis of criminal justice policy relating to crime reduction, sentencing, recidivism, incarceration, police, and bias and discrimination in the criminal justice system. Credit will be granted for only one of ECON_O 367 or ECON_O 391Y when the subject matter is of the same nature. [3-0-0] Prerequisites: ECON_O 101 and one of ECON_O 225, STAT_O 205, STAT_O 230.