NCJ Number
191681
Journal
Crime, Law and Social Change Volume: 34 Issue: 3 Dated: October 2001 Pages: 275-299
Editor(s)
Alan Block
Date Published
2000
Length
25 pages
Annotation
This article begins with an overview about the importance of economics and how it relates to criminal Justice education.
Abstract
The article provides information about Economics as well as Criminal Justice and how they are employed to preserve the Environment. To cope with the environmental challenges will require both economist and criminal justice expertise. Therefore, the role of economics is a crucial ingredient in criminal justice education. Three types of economic perspectives that are relevant for the discipline of criminal justice, and for addressing environmental problems include neo-classical, political, and the economics of “sustainable development.” Since there are limitations in market-based decisions, criminal justice experts are needed to address law and regulation to protect the environment. According to the author, since criminal justice is still in its early stages of development, increasing the role of economics is essential not only to provide an analytic background, but it will also allow students to participate in working with the environment, which is one of the most significant struggles of the 21st century. Discussion of texts, note, references