The Impact of Legalized Abortion on Crime, Results of a Global Legal Study and a Factual Study of the UK

The subject of the monograph is original, extremely rare in the literature, especially in our country. This is determined by its political and social sensitivity. As a result, there is a lack of serious scientific studies about the subject. Even more valuable are reflections resulting from the research conducted in other European countries and also their dissemination.
 

 

There are numerous reasons to highly value this monograph. Firstly, because of its comprehensive coverage, both theoretical and empirical,  of multi-layered and complex  issues related to abortion and crime. Secondly, because of an ingenious and novel attempt to construct new measures of institutionalized, judicial framework concerning  abortion, a clear advantage of which is the opportunity to expand empirical analyses upon a vast range of countries.  Thirdly, it’s about the author’s ability and ingenuity to convincingly present his own viewpoints and – even if sometimes disputable – to bravely (with a help of econometric tools)  stick to them. And last but not least, it’s about the whole message of this monograph, being highly instructive and illuminating: after having read it a careful reader familiar with the topic finds a lot of possible ways this work can be continued and deepened.