Austrian Addiction : crime

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Austrian Addiction — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 15:40:53 GMT

You're damned if you do and you're damned if you don't. How much stimulus will go to the police state? Read More......(read more)

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Austrian Addiction — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 17:42:06 GMT

C and P primer from NPR. More on the name game of crime. Rural folk even those from the state like guns more. Collateral damage from the war on drugs . Crime rise amongst older Japanese. Using criminals to fight crime. Read More......(read more)

Montesquie responds to Tabarrok

Austrian Addiction — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 16:33:04 GMT

Alex Tabarrok has said that increased police on the streets serve as a good solution for temporary crime spikes. Here's Montesque's concern on the matter: 12. Of the Power of Punishments. Experience shows that in countries remarkable for the lenity...(read more)

Poverty, Crime and Recessions

Austrian Addiction — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 16:18:38 GMT

Back in September Phillip Johnson commented on the UK's economic position and the likely criminal trends in the near future: Most violence is caused by young men against young men, usually at night, when they are drunk. At a time of economic slowdown...(read more)

Empirical questions about crime and economic freedom

Austrian Addiction — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 21:49:04 GMT

Though I would expect that one of the benefits of economic freedom and prosperity was safety and security in person and property. There is little to no observable correlation between crime rates and economic freedom. If there was we could have an argument...(read more)

A bunch of links I don't want to loose

Austrian Addiction — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 16:02:56 GMT

Whenever I come across a website or online article worth reading I bookmark it. Doing some spring cleaning today and want to delete these from my sidebar but not loose track of them forever. They're obviously relevant here: 1. James Wilson at Volokh...(read more)

Links to pass the time...

Austrian Addiction — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 22:48:57 GMT

Once again it's been a long while between posts. I'm off to Vegas tomorrow morning for this years APEE conference . The ominous dissertation defense is right around the corner, scheduled for April 22. Here are some interesting links to help pass...(read more)

The scariest paper I read today

Austrian Addiction — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 22:53:57 GMT

As I'm bunkered down in the library this early evening plowing my way through back issues of Crime and Delinquency , I couldn't help but get sidetracked by reading this paper unrelated to my dissertation. Jill Leslie Rosenbaum and Lorrain Prinsky...(read more)