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The involvement of business in peace negotiations and peacebuilding has become a standard concern for countries … peace processes in Colombia - a country that has been engulfed by conflict for almost five decades. The present paper … illustrates how business perceptions and behavior have evolved throughout various attempts at negotiating peace, revealing that …
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In this paper we evaluate what economists have learned over the past 40 years about the determinants of crime. We base … crime. Even hypotheses that find some support in U.S. data for recent decades are inconsistent with data over longer …
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In this paper we evaluate what economists have learned over the past 40 years about the determinants of crime. We base … crime. Even hypotheses that find some support in U.S. data for recent decades are inconsistent with data over longer …
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The dynamic model developed in this paper provides possible economic explanations for many observed patterns of crime …, what effects does a society’s past or nature of its individuals’ social exposure (for example, segregation) have on crime … hypothesis that an individual’s estimates are influenced by his past observations of variables such as the prevalence of crime …
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Though crime and the fear of crime have a deep negative impact on the well-being of individuals and societies, there …, individuals' perceptions of the probability of punishment (for a given crime) differ widely within and across societal groups, and … economic and deterrence variables, crime rates in different societal groups have often been observed to be strongly correlated …
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This paper evaluates the impact of a sudden and unexpected nation-wide alcohol sales ban in South Africa. We find that this policy causally reduced injury-induced mortality in the country by at least 14% during the five weeks of the ban. We argue that this estimate constitutes a lower bound on...
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This paper evaluates the impact of a sudden and unexpected nation-wide alcohol sales ban in South Africa. We find that this policy causally reduced injury-induced mortality in the country by at least 14% during the five weeks of the ban. We argue that this estimate constitutes a lower bound on...
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Why people remain involved in, or detach themselves from, criminal activity is not fully understood. This article presents the results of an investigation of psychosocial changes involved in the process of desistance among 73 male probationers in Dublin, Ireland. The stated desire of the great...
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