ECN 395-02 - Advanced Special Topic: Seminar in the Economics of Crime

4 credits (Spring)

This course is designed to increase student’s understanding of the determinants and consequences of criminality. Topics will include societally optimal levels of deterrence and incarceration, criminal behavior both while incarcerated and free, and juvenile delinquency. Students should expect to learn a large portion of the literature regarding these issues as well as the econometric tools used in applied micro economics research.

Prerequisite: ECN 280. Recommended ECN 286.
Instructor: Lee