Readings on Crime, 7 November 2006, Eric Rasmusen

73 pages total.

1. James Fitzjames Stephen, "The Doctrine of Liberty in Its Application to Morals," Chapter IV of Liberty, Equality, Fraternity, Hypertext by Terrence Berres, London: Smith, Elder, & Co. (1873) (my source here). Excerpt of 7 pages.
   
   
2. William Stuntz, "The Political Constitution of Criminal Justice," 119 Harv. L. Rev. 780 (2006). Excerpt of 5 pages.
   
   
3. Eric Rasmusen, "Stigma and Self-Fulfilling Expectations of Criminality," Journal of Law and Economics 39: 519-544 (October 1996). Excerpt of 8 pages.
   
   
4. United States v. Estate of Parsons, 367 F.3d 409 (5th Cir. 2004), (6 of the 15 judges dissented, but I do not include the dissent.) 10 pages.
   
   
5. Richard Posner, Economic Analysis of Law, 4th ed. Sections 7.2-7.4, pp. 223-239, Little Brown (1992). 16 pages.
   
   
6. Steven D. Levitt, "Understanding Why Crime Fell in the 1990s: Four Factors That Explain the Decline and Six That Do Not," The Journal of Economic Perspectives, 18, 1:163-190 (Winter 2004). 27 pages.
   
   

The powerpoint slides I used are available in powerpoint and pdf. I have a secondary powerpoint file that has additional slides, data sources, and so forth.