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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... REDUCED - FORM MODEL OF CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR IV . THE DATA A. National Crime Rates . V. B. Explanatory Variables EMPIRICAL IMPLEMENTATION . A. Cross - Sectional Regressions B. Panel Regressions VI . CONCLUSIONS APPENDIX : DATA DESCRIPTION ...
... REDUCED - FORM MODEL OF CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR IV . THE DATA A. National Crime Rates . V. B. Explanatory Variables EMPIRICAL IMPLEMENTATION . A. Cross - Sectional Regressions B. Panel Regressions VI . CONCLUSIONS APPENDIX : DATA DESCRIPTION ...
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... reduce the quality of life of all citizens who must cope with the reduced sense of personal and proprietary security . Despite the fact that violent crime is emerging as a priority in national policy agendas worldwide , we actually do ...
... reduce the quality of life of all citizens who must cope with the reduced sense of personal and proprietary security . Despite the fact that violent crime is emerging as a priority in national policy agendas worldwide , we actually do ...
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... , 128-129 ) econometric results showed that higher average family incomes across 101 U.S. cities in 1960 were actually asso- ciated with lower court appearances by young TTT A SIMPLE , REDUCED - FORM MODEL OF CRIMINAL. 3 V.
... , 128-129 ) econometric results showed that higher average family incomes across 101 U.S. cities in 1960 were actually asso- ciated with lower court appearances by young TTT A SIMPLE , REDUCED - FORM MODEL OF CRIMINAL. 3 V.
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... reduce the incidence of criminal activity . However , after controlling for income inequality and median income , Ehrlich ( 1975a , 333 ) found a positive and significant rela- tionship between the average number of school years ...
... reduce the incidence of criminal activity . However , after controlling for income inequality and median income , Ehrlich ( 1975a , 333 ) found a positive and significant rela- tionship between the average number of school years ...
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... reduce crime rates primarily through their deterrent effect , rather than through their incapacitation effect . Levitt ( 1995 ) addressed these issues jointly with one of the most recur- rent problems in the aforementioned literature ...
... reduce crime rates primarily through their deterrent effect , rather than through their incapacitation effect . Levitt ( 1995 ) addressed these issues jointly with one of the most recur- rent problems in the aforementioned literature ...
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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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