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Answer any 3 of the following questions (about 4 pages total).
Record 5 recent numbers that you consider important for understanding the current crime and punishment situation in the US. These can be murder rate, arrests, incarceration rate, expenditure on criminal justice, etc. Briefly explain what each number represents and what source it comes from.
How does the US fair in terms of crime and punishment with regard to other countries? What 5 indicators would you use to start painting a picture of effectiveness of our criminal justice system compared to the rest of the world?Briefly explain what each number represents and what source it comes from.
When a car is stolen, from the society‘s perspective this is simply an involuntary transfer from one person to another. Overall the society is neither worse off nor better off. True or false? Explain your answer.
Explain why economists are unsympathetic to the claim that “life is priceless.” Describe a circumstance in which policymakers must decide how much a life is worth. How is the value of life computed?
Read one of the articles on drug trading gangs by Levitt and Venkatesh (see M4 reading list). Summarize the main question, method and conclusion. What have you learned from this article?Answer any 3 of the following questions (about 4 pages total).
Record 5 recent numbers that you consider important for understanding the current crime and punishment situation in the US. These can be murder rate, arrests, incarceration rate, expenditure on criminal justice, etc. Briefly explain what each number represents and what source it comes from.
How does the US fair in terms of crime and punishment with regard to other countries? What 5 indicators would you use to start painting a picture of effectiveness of our criminal justice system compared to the rest of the world?Briefly explain what each number represents and what source it comes from.
When a car is stolen, from the society‘s perspective this is simply an involuntary transfer from one person to another. Overall the society is neither worse off nor better off. True or false? Explain your answer.
Explain why economists are unsympathetic to the claim that “life is priceless.” Describe a circumstance in which policymakers must decide how much a life is worth. How is the value of life computed?
Read one of the articles on drug trading gangs by Levitt and Venkatesh (see M4 reading list). Summarize the main question, method and conclusion. What have you learned from this article?
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