This pdf is a selection from an out-of-print volume from the National

This PDF is a selection from an out-of-print volume from the National 

Bureau of Economic Research

Volume Title: Essays in the Economics of Crime and Punishment

Volume Author/Editor: Gary S. Becker and William M. Landes, eds.

Volume Publisher: NBER

Volume ISBN: 0-87014-263-1

Volume URL: http://www.nber.org/books/beck74-1

Publication Date: 1974

Chapter Title: Crime and Punishment: An Economic Approach

Chapter Author: Gary S. Becker

Chapter URL: http://www.nber.org/chapters/c3625

Chapter pages in book: (p. 1 - 54)