Paul Brantingham

Paul J. Brantingham, a lawyer and criminologist, is professor of Criminology at Simon Fraser University. Educated at Columbia University in New York, and Cambridge University in England, he was Associate Dean of the Faculty of Interdisciplinary at Simon Fraser during the early 1980s and Director of the Simon Fraser Centre for Canadian Studies during 1992. Prior to joining Simon Fraser University in 1977, Professor Brantingham taught at Florida State University. From 1985 through 1987, he served in government as Director of Special Reviews at the Public Service Commission of Canada. He has been a member of the California Bar since 1969.

Professor Brantingham has been involved in crime analysis and research into crime prevention for more than 20 years and currently serves as Co-Director of the Crime Prevention Analysis Laboratory (CPAL) at Simon Fraser. He is author or editor of more than 20 books and scientific monographs, and more than 100 articles and scientific papers. Recent work has included studies of auto theft for the British Columbia Association of Chiefs of Police and efforts to help introduce a legal aid system in China through the United Nations' International Centre for Criminal Law Reform and Criminal Justice Policy.

Recent Research by Paul Brantingham

The Cost of Crime in Canada: 2014 Report
— Oct 16, 2014
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The Cost of Crime in Canada

Despite a decline in the crime rate, crime cost Canadians $85 billion in 2009 (the latest year with comprehensive data) including $47 billion incurred by crime victims, finds a new study by Stephen Easton, Hilary Furness, and Paul Brantingham. The study, The Cost of Crime in Canada 2014, measures the overall costs of police, courts, prisons, rehabilitation and education. And the varied costs incurred by crime victims due to stolen or damaged property, crime prevention, lost health and productivity, and less tangible costs associated with anger, frustration and fear.

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The Costs of Crime: Who Pays and How Much?
— Jun 1, 1998
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The Costs of Crime: Who Pays and How Much? is a revision of The Crime Bill: Who Pays and How Much? (Brantingham and Easton 1996) that expands and brings up to date the statistics presented in the original publication. The purpose of this primer is to describe (1) what kinds of crime Canadians are exposed to, (2) who is at risk from these crimes, (3) who commits what crimes, (4) what costs the victims face, and (5) what expenditures we make to prevent crime. To understand what changes we may want to make in our criminal justice system, it is important to see the overall patterns of crime and punishment, how they have evolved, and what they have cost.

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The Crime Bill: Who Pays and How Much?
— Feb 1, 1996
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This is the second in The Fraser Institute series on crime in Canada. The purpose of this primer is to describe the kinds of crime to which Canadians are exposed, who is at risk for those crimes, who commits them, some of the costs the victims face, and some of the expenditures we make to prevent crime. To understand what changes we may want to make in our criminal justice system, it is important to see the overall patterns of crime and punishment, how they have evolved and what they have cost.

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