Law Enforcement and Criminality : Europe Vs. USA

We use a stylized model to show that, if transfers to the poor are founded on a security argument, there is a negative trade-off between law enforcement expenditures and criminality. In contrast, if transfers are based on altruism, the correlation between the same variables may appear positive. We argue that it provides a plausible eplanation for the startling difference between the US and Europe in crime statistics and law enforcement expenditures

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Year of publication:	2009
Authors:	Demougin, Dominique ; Schwager, Robert
Publisher:	[S.l.] : SSRN
Subject:	USA \| United States \| Kriminalität \| Crime \| EU-Staaten \| EU countries \| Theorie \| Theory \| Kriminalpolitik \| Criminal policy \| Westeuropa \| Western Europe \| Rechtsdurchsetzung \| Law enforcement

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Extent:	1 Online-Ressource (1 p)
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	In: International Review of Law and Economics, Vol. 23, No. 2, pp. 217-225 Nach Informationen von SSRN wurde die ursprüngliche Fassung des Dokuments 2003 erstellt
Other identifiers:	10.2139/ssrn.376189 [DOI]
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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