This book seeks to raise the profile of economic perspectives on crime and criminal justice. It includes exemplars and original contributions, welded into a coherent whole by commentaries on each chapter and annotated further readings. Its sections are: the economic analysis of crime and punishment; crime and the labour market; and modelling the system-wide costs of criminal justice policies. The book will be core reading for students and researchers in criminology, criminal justice, the sociology of deviance, criminal psychology, socio-legal studies, and applied economics.