Determinants of Crime Rates in Latin America and the World: An Empirical AssessmentWorld Bank Publications, 1998 M01 1 - 44 pages A growing concern in most regions of the world is the heightened incidence of criminal and violent behavior, especially in the Latin American and Caribbean Region. This study uses a new data set of crime rates for a large sample of countries to analyze the determinants of national homicide and robbery rates. The authors describe a simple model of "incentives to commit crimes" by estimating several econometric models and utilizing empirical models to draw their conclusions. |
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... analysis of the incentives to commit crimes , and then considers time effects . Under a couple of assumptions , the model provides a framework to analyze the empirical determinants of national crime rates . Section IV presents the data ...
... analysis of the incentives to commit crimes , and then considers time effects . Under a couple of assumptions , the model provides a framework to analyze the empirical determinants of national crime rates . Section IV presents the data ...
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... analysis of the determinants of state crime rates in the U.S. in 1960 , Ehrlich ( 1973 , 546-551 ) found that higher median family incomes were associated with higher rates of murder , rape , and assault , and with higher rates of ...
... analysis of the determinants of state crime rates in the U.S. in 1960 , Ehrlich ( 1973 , 546-551 ) found that higher median family incomes were associated with higher rates of murder , rape , and assault , and with higher rates of ...
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... analysis . The author allows the individual's number of previous convictions to affect the probability of a new conviction when a past offender commits new crimes , as well as the severity of the corresponding punishment . In Leung's ...
... analysis . The author allows the individual's number of previous convictions to affect the probability of a new conviction when a past offender commits new crimes , as well as the severity of the corresponding punishment . In Leung's ...
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... analysis is that " past crime breeds future crime " ( Sah 1991 , 1282 ) . In a similar analysis , Posada ( 1994 ) presented a simple model where a random increase in crime rates can result in a permanent increase in the crime rate ...
... analysis is that " past crime breeds future crime " ( Sah 1991 , 1282 ) . In a similar analysis , Posada ( 1994 ) presented a simple model where a random increase in crime rates can result in a permanent increase in the crime rate ...
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... analysis of the costs and benefits associated with a particular criminal act . Furthermore , we assume that individuals are risk neutral , and respond to changes in the probabil- ity of apprehension and the severity of punish- ment ...
... analysis of the costs and benefits associated with a particular criminal act . Furthermore , we assume that individuals are risk neutral , and respond to changes in the probabil- ity of apprehension and the severity of punish- ment ...
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Asia Dummy average Caribbean coefficient Colombia commit a crime common religion conviction rate crime industry criminal activity criminal behavior criminal inertia cross-sectional regressions death penalty decision to commit determinants of crime deterrence effects Developing Countries DiCristina Drug Possession Crimes Drug Producers Dummy Dummy for Developing econometric Ehrlich empirical error term Europe and Central explanatory variables GDP growth rate Gini Coefficient Gini index GNP per Capita Guyana homicide and robbery incidence income inequality increase individual individual's instruments Intentional Homicide Rates joint endogeneity lagged crime rate lagged homicide rate largest number Latin America level of education Loayza Log of GNP measurement errors mis-measurement national crime rates Number of Observations p-value panel data police population Possession Crimes Rate proxy reported crime robbery rates Sargan Secondary Enrollment Rate serially correlated Shahid Javed Burki significant statistically strictly exogenous Sub-Saharan Africa tion under-reporting United Nations unobserved country-specific effects urbanization rate World Bank World Crime Surveys
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