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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... punishment . " More recent liter- ature has emphasized the role of time effects and criminal inertia that may result from social interactions , or delayed responses to surges in criminal activity on the part of police and judi- cial ...
... punishment . " More recent liter- ature has emphasized the role of time effects and criminal inertia that may result from social interactions , or delayed responses to surges in criminal activity on the part of police and judi- cial ...
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... punishments on the level of criminal activity . Individuals who are considering whether to commit crimes are assumed to evaluate both the risk of being caught and the associated punishment . The empirical evidence from the United States ...
... punishments on the level of criminal activity . Individuals who are considering whether to commit crimes are assumed to evaluate both the risk of being caught and the associated punishment . The empirical evidence from the United States ...
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... punishment that inca- pacitate offenders also involve deterrent effects- e.g. imprisonment - it is often difficult to evalu- ate empirically the importance of each type of action . Using estimates based on regression results for the ...
... punishment that inca- pacitate offenders also involve deterrent effects- e.g. imprisonment - it is often difficult to evalu- ate empirically the importance of each type of action . Using estimates based on regression results for the ...
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... punishment of crimes , which results in a lower perceived rate of apprehension . Glaeser , Sacerdote , and Scheinkman ( 1996 ) emphasized the role of local social interactions in determining crime rates in U.S. cities . In contrast to ...
... punishment of crimes , which results in a lower perceived rate of apprehension . Glaeser , Sacerdote , and Scheinkman ( 1996 ) emphasized the role of local social interactions in determining crime rates in U.S. cities . In contrast to ...
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... punish- ment . Thus , individuals will commit a crime whenever its expected net benefits are large enough . Equation ( 1 ) ... punishment for the committed crime ( pr * pu ) : 7 nb = ( 1 - pr ) 1 - c - w - pr * pu ( 1 ) Assuming that ...
... punish- ment . Thus , individuals will commit a crime whenever its expected net benefits are large enough . Equation ( 1 ) ... punishment for the committed crime ( pr * pu ) : 7 nb = ( 1 - pr ) 1 - c - w - pr * pu ( 1 ) Assuming that ...
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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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