Determinants of crime rates in Latin America and the world : an empirical assessment /

This study uses a new data set of crime rates for a large sample of countries for the period 1970-1994, based on information from the United Nations World Crime Surveys, to analyze the determinants of national homicide and robbery rates. A simple model of the incentives to commit crime is proposed,...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Fajnzylber, Pablo
Corporate Author: Banco Mundial
Other Authors: Lederman, Daniel, 1968 -, Loayza, Norman V.
Format: Book
Published: Washington, D.C. : World Bank, 1998
Series:World Bank Latin American and Caribbean studies. Viewpoints
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