Mark Kleiman’s new book WHEN BRUTE FORCE FAILS: How to Have Less Crime and Less Punishment, was recently praised by economist Robert H. Frank in the New York Times for being not only effective, but actually cost-efficient. And with the current state of our economy, it seems that everyone is looking for ways to stretch a dollar…. Frank’s column, which appeared in the Sunday edition of the Business section, refers to Kleiman’s ideas as “revolutionary” and recommends applying the ideas of dynamic deterrence beyond crime to “help rein in corporate scofflaws who now feel free to violate environmental and safety regulations because they know that regulators are stretched thin.”

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