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Prediction markets have been proposed for a variety of public policy purposes, but no one has considered their application in perhaps the most obvious policy area: crime. This Article proposes…

The market mechanisms proposed in *Predicting Crime* offer many virtues. The authors describe several of these---unbiased information collection; incentives that encourage disclosure; opinions weighted by conviction; information aggregation; instantaneous and…

In their article, *Predicting Crime*, Professors Henderson, Wolfers, and Zitzewitz propose an intriguing and futuristic series of market-based models surrounding the broad topic of crime prevention. Harnessing widely dispersed knowledge…

Henderson, Wolfers, and Zitzewitz conclude their paper, *Predicting Crime*, with what they term a "modest proposal": an entity, such as the National Institute of Justice (NIJ), should establish a crime…

As Dean (and Judge) Guido Calabresi says, it is the duty of academics to offer half-baked ideas for others to perfect. Henderson, Wolfers, and Zitzewitz, with their proposal to establish…

The growth of amateur photography hosting websites has increased public access to a large and diverse body of photographic works. This experience has enriched the public and has facilitated exposure…