The Economics of Violence Shiffman Hardback Cambridge University Press

The Economics of ViolenceHow Behavioral Science Can Transform our View of Crime, Insurgency, and Terrorism\nAuthor(s): Gary M. Shiffman\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781107092464, 978-1107092464\nSynopsis\nHow do we understand illicit violence? Can we prevent it? Building on behavioral science and economics, this book begins with the idea that humans are more predictable than we like to believe, and this ability to model human behavior applies equally well to leaders of violent and coercive organizations as it does to everyday people. Humans ultimately seek survival for themselves and their communities in a world of competition. While the dynamics of 'us vs. them' are divisive, they also help us to survive. Access to increasingly larger markets, facilitated through digital communications and social media, creates more transnational opportunities for deception, coercion, and violence. If the eco.