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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... tion and drug possession are both significantly associated with higher crime rates . Regarding dynamic effects , we find that the homicide rate rises during periods of low economic activity . Also , we find that crime tends to persist ...
... tion and drug possession are both significantly associated with higher crime rates . Regarding dynamic effects , we find that the homicide rate rises during periods of low economic activity . Also , we find that crime tends to persist ...
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... tion on crime were further analyzed by Ehrlich ( 1973 , 538-540 ) . He argued that payoffs to crime , especially property crime , depend primar- ily on the " opportunities provided by potential victims of crime , " as measured by the ...
... tion on crime were further analyzed by Ehrlich ( 1973 , 538-540 ) . He argued that payoffs to crime , especially property crime , depend primar- ily on the " opportunities provided by potential victims of crime , " as measured by the ...
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... tion and / or rehabilitation are more appropriate means for controlling these types of crime than deterrence policies . However , if property offend- ers respond readily to economic incentives , the argument would be the opposite ...
... tion and / or rehabilitation are more appropriate means for controlling these types of crime than deterrence policies . However , if property offend- ers respond readily to economic incentives , the argument would be the opposite ...
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... tion may reduce the costs of committing crimes ( i.e. , reducing c ) or may raise the crime's loot , 1 , because education may open opportunities for an individual to enter higher - paying crime industries . Hence the net effect of ...
... tion may reduce the costs of committing crimes ( i.e. , reducing c ) or may raise the crime's loot , 1 , because education may open opportunities for an individual to enter higher - paying crime industries . Hence the net effect of ...
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... tion - weighted average rate of intentional homi- cides in the group of 34 countries for which there was data available in each five - year sub- period . As mentioned in the introduction , the world's intentional homicide rate has been ...
... tion - weighted average rate of intentional homi- cides in the group of 34 countries for which there was data available in each five - year sub- period . As mentioned in the introduction , the world's intentional homicide rate has been ...
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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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