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The Business of Bounty Hunting
This man has the strongest incentive to catch a fugitive on the lam. (Photo: Courtesy of Bob Burton) Contrary to popular belief, bounty hunters aren’t necessarily vigilante justice seekers who sport...
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Operation Rolling Thunder: South Carolina’s Annual Police Dragnet
(Stockbyte) Last week was the sixth annual Operation Rolling Thunder police crack-down in Spartanburg, SC. Each year, law enforcement from North and South Carolina converge on the Spartanburg...
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What’s the ROI on Cold Case Investigations?
Photo: Tony Webster The field of forensics has grown by leaps and bounds over the past several years, so much so that decades-old crime cases can sometimes be solved with DNA testing and other modern...
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Exchange Economies
(Photo: otzberg) A friend of ours had her purse, containing her driver’s license and passport, stolen in a German train station. She reported it to the local police, who told her that she may well get...
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The Economics of For-Profit Prisons
(Photo: Ken Mayer) The Times-Picayune reports on Louisiana’s prison ecosystem — and the perverse incentives for sheriffs to keep inmate numbers high: Louisiana’s incarceration rate is nearly triple...
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How Will Rio’s Arrest Bounty Play Out?
(Photo: Jorge Andrade) An interesting e-mail from a reader: Hello. My name is Thiago, and I am writing from Brazil. I always read freakonomics posts thru my rss reader and I saw a news today that...
View ArticleIs Driving Drunk Rational?
I doubt this statement will shock you or light up the blogosphere, but drunk driving is bad. Our own Levitt has looked at the costs, and found that those who have had even one drink are seven times...
View ArticleHow Does Stop-and-Frisk Change Attitudes?
New York City’s “stop-and-frisk” policy has been the subject of major debates and several lawsuits in recent months. A new paper (gated) by Stephanie A. Wiley and Finn-Aage Esbensen analyzes the...
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The Dangers of Being a Creature of Habit
(Photo: geishaboy500) Blane Nordahl is very good at stealing high-end silver from old homes all over the U.S. He is also, however, a creature of habit. His methodology is so constant, and so distinct,...
View ArticleUnintended Consequences of Anti-Police Protests in New York
1. According to the New York Post: “The NYPD is pulling detectives from homicides and other investigations to help deal with the endless barrage of anti-cop protests in the city, law-enforcement...
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