Aufsatz(gedruckt)#11989
A cost-benefit analysis of the sentencing decision for burglars
In: Social science quarterly, Band 70, Heft Sep 89
ISSN: 0038-4941
Social benefits are measured by the costs saved from crime to control in the form of rehabilitation, incapacitation, and deterrence. The benchmark estimate reveals highest net social benefits for probation, followed by jail and then prison. (Abstract amended)