摘要:

What lessons can economics teach about the best method of reducing crime? Dr D.J. Pyle, formerly a Home Office economist, argues that crime rates depend on unemployment, the probability of detection and the severity of punishment.

ISSN:0265-0665    

DOI:10.1111/j.1468-0270.1989.tb01100.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1989

数据来源: WILEY

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The argument for and against capital punishment turns on its effectiveness as a deterrent. Professor E.J. Mishan argues that the evidence is now clear that capital punishment saves innocent lives.

ISSN:0265-0665    

DOI:10.1111/j.1468-0270.1989.tb01101.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1989

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

What is the effect of minimum wage regulation on youth crime? Masanori Hashimoto, of Ohio State University, argues that in the USA the evidence suggests that the minimum wage causes both unemployment and teenage crime.

ISSN:0265-0665    

DOI:10.1111/j.1468-0270.1989.tb01102.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1989

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

How is it possible to study crime as an economic problem? George Brower, of the University of Connecticut, shows how the original argument of Professor Gary Becker has been tested and developed.

ISSN:0265-0665    

DOI:10.1111/j.1468-0270.1989.tb01103.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1989

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

Why should the Home Office remain the monopoly supplier of prisons? Peter Clarke argues that privatisation and a system of incentives for the new owners could reduce recidivism.

ISSN:0265-0665    

DOI:10.1111/j.1468-0270.1989.tb01104.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1989

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

In the second half of his article describing his plans for reforming the National Health Service, Professor Patrick Minford analyses some alternative reforms and rebuffs possible criticisms of his own proposals.

ISSN:0265-0665    

DOI:10.1111/j.1468-0270.1989.tb01105.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1989

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

The recent rise in the price of houses is highly controversial. Dr Barry Bracewell‐Milnes argues that it may have some unexpected advantage

ISSN:0265-0665    

DOI:10.1111/j.1468-0270.1989.tb01106.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1989

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

What should be the role of government in research? Professor Bryan Clarke, Professor of Genetics at Nottingham University, argues that the control of scientific research by the government is unlikely to be productive.

ISSN:0265-0665    

DOI:10.1111/j.1468-0270.1989.tb01107.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1989

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

Professor H. S. Ferns reviews the likely effects of the Government's reforms of the finance of the universities and concludes that they are likely to make universities more responsive to the market.

ISSN:0265-0665    

DOI:10.1111/j.1468-0270.1989.tb01108.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1989

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

What is the significance of Germany's visible surplus and invisible deficit? W.A.P. Manser argues that it represents a weakness in the German economy in contrast to Britain which has an invisible trade surplus and a visible deficit.

ISSN:0265-0665    

DOI:10.1111/j.1468-0270.1989.tb01109.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1989

数据来源: WILEY