Sesnowitz, Michael L.; Hexter, J. Lawrence - In: Public Finance Review 10 (1982) 4, pp. 489-498
A simultaneous equations model in which crime is a function of the probabillty of conviction, penalty, gross yield, and socioeconomic variables is presented and tested for the crimes of robbery and burglary. The cross-section data used from 31 states for 1970 support the hypotheses that crime...