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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... assumed that , " the mean legitimate oppor- tunities available to potential offenders , " may be approximated by , " the mean income level of those below the state's median [ income ] " ( p . 539 ) . For a given median income , income ...
... assumed that , " the mean legitimate oppor- tunities available to potential offenders , " may be approximated by , " the mean income level of those below the state's median [ income ] " ( p . 539 ) . For a given median income , income ...
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... assuming risk - aversion is that raising the prob- ability of conviction may have a greater deterrent effect than raising the severity of punishment ( Becker 1968 , 178 ) . Some recent contributions to the theoretical literature ...
... assuming risk - aversion is that raising the prob- ability of conviction may have a greater deterrent effect than raising the severity of punishment ( Becker 1968 , 178 ) . Some recent contributions to the theoretical literature ...
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... Assuming that individuals have some " moral values , " the expected net benefits of a crime would have to exceed a certain threshold before she / he commits a crime . The individual's thresh- old would be determined by her / his moral ...
... Assuming that individuals have some " moral values , " the expected net benefits of a crime would have to exceed a certain threshold before she / he commits a crime . The individual's thresh- old would be determined by her / his moral ...
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... assumption of linearity in both the func- tional form of f and the probability model are , of course , arbitrary ... Assuming both a linear probability = i , t Crime rate , Bo + B , EDUC + B , Lagged crime rate ; + B , EA ; t + B4 DRUGS ...
... assumption of linearity in both the func- tional form of f and the probability model are , of course , arbitrary ... Assuming both a linear probability = i , t Crime rate , Bo + B , EDUC + B , Lagged crime rate ; + B , EA ; t + B4 DRUGS ...
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... Assuming that these interactions are more prevalent in urban agglomerations than in rural areas , we use the rate of urbanization as a possible factor in explaining crime rates across nations . We also include in our empirical exercise ...
... Assuming that these interactions are more prevalent in urban agglomerations than in rural areas , we use the rate of urbanization as a possible factor in explaining crime rates across nations . We also include in our empirical exercise ...
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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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