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Female political representation and violence against women : evidence from Brazil
Delaporte, Magdalena; Pino, Francisco - 2022
This paper studies the effect of female political representation on violence against women. Using a Regression … leads to a reduction in episodes of gender violence. The effect is particularly strong when focusing on incidents of … domestic violence, when the aggressor is the ex-husband/boyfriend, and when victims experienced sexual violence. The evidence …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013263090
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Pains, guns and moves : the effect of the US opioid epidemic on Mexican migration
Daniele, Gianmarco; Le Moglie, Marco; Masera, Federico - 2020
. Violence and conflicts increased in Mexican municipalities suitable for opium production, as they became highly valuable to drug … cartels. People migrated out of these municipalities to escape this violence, mostly to areas close to the US border and into …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012224378
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Does child abuse cause crime?
Currie, Janet M. (contributor); Tekin, Erdal (contributor) - 2006
Child maltreatment, which includes both child abuse and child neglect, is a major social problem. This paper focuses on measuring the effects of child maltreatment on crime using data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health). We focus on crime because it is one of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003304677
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Does child abuse cause crime?
Currie, Janet M.; Tekin, Erdal - 2006
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003317760
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Violent crime, gender inequalities and well-being : models based on a survey of individual capabilities and crime rates for England and Wales
Anand, Paul; Santos, Cristina - 2006
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003427191
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Unemployment and ginag crime : could prosperity backfire?
Poutvaara, Panu (contributor); Priks, Mikael (contributor) - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003465761
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Unemployment and gang crime : could prosperity backfire?
Priks, Mikael (contributor); Poutvaara, Panu (contributor) - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003471375
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Unemployment and gang crime : could prosperity backfire?
Poutvaara, Panu (contributor); Priks, Mikael (contributor) - 2007
Empirical evidence reveals that unemployment tends to increase property crime but that it has no effect on violent crime. To explain these facts, we examine a model of criminal gangs and suggest that there is a substitution effect between property crime and violent crime at work. In the model,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003578420
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Understanding the effects of violent video games on violent crime
Cunningham, A. Scott; Engelstätter, Benjamin; Ward, … - 2011
, violent video games lead to decreases in violent crime. -- Video Games ; Violence ; Crime …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009159870
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Cross-border spillover : US gun laws and violence in Mexico
Dube, Arindrajit; Dube, Oeindrila; García-Ponce, Omar - 2012
-crime relationship. -- gun control ; violence ; informal employment ; cross-border spillover ; cartels …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009681288