An Economist Calculates the Potential Burglar's Costs and Benefits

Multiple Choice

An economist calculates the potential burglar's costs and benefits. The benefits are the money the burglar can receive by selling what he steals. The costs are the probability of being caught multiplied by the penalty imposed for burglary. The economist calculates the penalty that needs to be imposed in order for the costs to exceed the benefits and thus crime to be deterred. We can make the following statements about this disciplinary insight

A) The insight uses effective evidence to support the assumptions.
B) This insight on crime is an incomplete assessment of the complex topic of crime of burglary.
C) Both "a" and "b" are correct.