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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... social , institutional , and cultural factors thatmake some countries have higher crime rates than others over time . At least since the publication of Becker ( 1968 ) , the economics profession has analyzed the determinants of criminal ...
... social , institutional , and cultural factors thatmake some countries have higher crime rates than others over time . At least since the publication of Becker ( 1968 ) , the economics profession has analyzed the determinants of criminal ...
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... social interactions , or delayed responses to surges in criminal activity on the part of police and judi- cial systems . The theoretical and empirical literature has considered the role of three types of economic conditions in ...
... social interactions , or delayed responses to surges in criminal activity on the part of police and judi- cial systems . The theoretical and empirical literature has considered the role of three types of economic conditions in ...
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... social scene for prescribed periods of time . " The author showed that , in theory , the effectiveness of rehabilitation and incapacitation , vis - à - vis the purely deterrent approach to crime control , depends on the rate of ...
... social scene for prescribed periods of time . " The author showed that , in theory , the effectiveness of rehabilitation and incapacitation , vis - à - vis the purely deterrent approach to crime control , depends on the rate of ...
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... social interactions in determining crime rates in U.S. cities . In contrast to Sah ( 1991 ) and Posada ( 1994 ) , who empha- sized the effect of what we call " systemic " inter- actions ( i.e. , an individual's perceived probability of ...
... social interactions in determining crime rates in U.S. cities . In contrast to Sah ( 1991 ) and Posada ( 1994 ) , who empha- sized the effect of what we call " systemic " inter- actions ( i.e. , an individual's perceived probability of ...
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... in which the dependent vari- able is the national crime rate and the explana- tory variables are a number of national economic and social characteristics . We first link those A SIMPLE , REDUCED - FORM MODEL OF CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR. 7 VI.
... in which the dependent vari- able is the national crime rate and the explana- tory variables are a number of national economic and social characteristics . We first link those A SIMPLE , REDUCED - FORM MODEL OF CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR. 7 VI.
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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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