currently discussed factors of crime like demographic changes, youth-unemployment and income inequality. We use a panel of the … deterrence hypothesis for crime against property. Only weak support can be observed for crime against the person. Economic and …

aggregation. Our empirical results with respect to the causes of crime clearly reveal the crime reducing potential of family … cohesion and the link between crime and the labour market. Furthermore, we find that higher wealth is associated with higher … rates of property crime and of drug-related offences. Drug offences themselves turn out to be robust factors of property …

aggregation. Our empirical results with respect to the causes of crime clearly reveal the crime reducing potential of family … cohesion and the link between crime and the labour market. Furthermore, we find that higher wealth is associated with higher … rates of property crime and of drug-related offences. Drug offences themselves turn out to be robust factors of property …

The paper revisits the local determinants of crime using a spatial model distinguishing between resident and non … crime. Also the socio-economic background in terms of unemployment, poverty, and inequality proves significant for both … property and violent crime. Whereas local inequality only shows an effect on crime committed by resident offenders, crime …

prisoner health care by installing effective anti-drug programmes would be one of the most effective measures against crime. …

The rising trends both in drug addiction and crime rates are of major public concern in Germany. Surprisingly, the … economic theory of crime seems to ignore the drugs?crime nexus, whereas the criminological literature considers illicit drug … use a main reason of criminal activities. This paper provides an econometric assessment of the drugs?crime channel within …

increasing shares of dismissals by prosecutors and judges enhance crime rates in Germany. Crime is significantly deterred by …

In this article we state the necessity why economists should engage in crime research and should not leave this field … of research to jurists, psychologists and sociologists alone. After this we give a survey of the crime research by … and discuss selected determinants of crime in close connection with the results of empirical research. The paper concludes …