This study empirically examines the relationship between crime, deterrence and unemployment in Greece. A regional … deterred by higher clear-up rates. Also for property crime rates, the results indicate that unemployment increases crime. For …

punishment) results in a reduction of crime due to deterrence. What appears to be a simple and straightforward hypotheses turns … makes a difference whether offenders are subject to general or juvenile criminal law. Usually, empirical analyses of crime/deterrence …According to the economic theory of crime, a rise in expected punishment (the product of probability and severity of …

instrument of counterterrorism as resting on the premise of a deterrence effect. Based on comparative arguments and previous … evidence on crime, we expect camera surveillance to have a relatively smaller deterrent effect on terrorism than on other forms … of crime. In particular, we emphasize opportunities for substitution (i.e., displacement effects), the interaction with …

Both crime and terrorism impose costs onto society through the channels of fear and worry. Identifying and targeting …. However, compared to the drivers of the fear of crime, the determinants of concerns regarding global terrorism are less well … global terrorism and crime, and show that worries about terrorism are driven by similar determinants as those about crime …

This paper argues that terrorism, beyond its immediate impact on innocent victims, also raises the costs of crime, and … therefore, imposes a negative externality on potential criminals. Terrorism raises the costs of crime through two channels: (i … "disrupting the police." Taken as a whole, the results are consistent with a stronger deterrence effect produced by an increased …

We present a theoretical model postulating that the relationship between crime and governance is "hump-shaped" rather … for this non-linear relationship. The occurrence, persistence and intensity of small-scale maritime crime are well … approximated by a quadratic relationship with governance quality. Organised crime benefits from corrupt yet effective bureaucrats …