Imrohoroglu, A.; Merlo, A.; Rupert, P. - C.V. Starr Center for Applied Economics, Department of … - 2000
In this paper we analyze recent trends in aggregate property crime rates in the United States. We propose a dynamic …. Second, the most important factors that account for the observed decline in property crime are the higher apprehension … behavior of the time series of property crime rates over the past quarter century. …