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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... change markedly over time , while the panel data techniques consider both the effect of the business cycle ( i.e. , GDP growth rate ) on the crime rate and criminal inertia ( accounted for by the inclusion of the lagged crime rate as an ...
... change markedly over time , while the panel data techniques consider both the effect of the business cycle ( i.e. , GDP growth rate ) on the crime rate and criminal inertia ( accounted for by the inclusion of the lagged crime rate as an ...
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... changes in the " price of crime . " 4 For example , the relatively higher rates of recidivism observed for property crimes in comparison to violent crimes ( Leung 1995 , 66 ) —may imply that incapacita- tion and / or rehabilitation are ...
... changes in the " price of crime . " 4 For example , the relatively higher rates of recidivism observed for property crimes in comparison to violent crimes ( Leung 1995 , 66 ) —may imply that incapacita- tion and / or rehabilitation are ...
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... changes in the probabil- ity of apprehension and the severity of punish- ment . Thus , individuals will commit a crime whenever its expected net benefits are large enough . Equation ( 1 ) below says that , for a par- ticular individual ...
... changes in the probabil- ity of apprehension and the severity of punish- ment . Thus , individuals will commit a crime whenever its expected net benefits are large enough . Equation ( 1 ) below says that , for a par- ticular individual ...
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... changes in the magnitude of the reported number of intentional homicides and robberies . Third , the panel data techniques used in the econometric exercises effectively eliminate some of the statistical infer- ence problems that may ...
... changes in the magnitude of the reported number of intentional homicides and robberies . Third , the panel data techniques used in the econometric exercises effectively eliminate some of the statistical infer- ence problems that may ...
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... change much over time . On the other hand , working with panel data ( that is , pooled cross - country and time - series data ) allows us to consider both the effect of the business cycle ( i.e. , GDP growth rate ) on the crime rate and ...
... change much over time . On the other hand , working with panel data ( that is , pooled cross - country and time - series data ) allows us to consider both the effect of the business cycle ( i.e. , GDP growth rate ) on the crime rate and ...
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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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