Back to matchesWe found a matchYour institution may have access to this item. Find your institution then sign in to continue.TitleEconomists, crime and punishment: a comment on Stephen Shaw's 'Accounting for crime'AuthorsPyle, David J.AbstractComments on Stephen Shaw's article on an economic approach to crime. Reliability of criminal statistics; Existence of supposedly deterrent effect of sentencing decisions; Relationship between recorded crime and state of economy.SubjectsECONOMIC impact of crime; CRIME statistics; CRIMINAL sentencingPublicationEconomic Affairs, 1997, Vol 17, Issue 3, p49ISSN0265-0665Publication typeArticleDOI10.1111/1468-0270.00042