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Crime and the Labour Market: Evidence from a Survey of Inmates
Entorf, Horst - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2008
recidivism. Results show that inmates with poor labour market prospects expect a significantly higher rate of future recidivism … prisoner health care by installing effective anti-drug programmes would be one of the most effective measures against crime. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005097974
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A framework to enforce anti-predation rules
Hüschelrath, Kai; Weigand, Jürgen - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2009
The paper develops a framework to enforce anti-predation rules that explicitly takes the intervention stage into account. In particular, it is proposed to improve predation enforcement by focusing on two channels: refining the current regime, and amending it. With respect to the refinement of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008474666
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Understanding the effects of violent video games on violent crime
Cunningham, A. Scott; Engelstätter, Benjamin; Ward, … - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2011
, violent video games lead to decreases in violent crime. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009211179
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Socio-economic and demographic factors of crime in Germany: evidence from panel data of the German states
Entorf, Horst; Spengler, Hannes - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 1998
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005097562
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Criminality, social cohesion and economic performance
Entorf, Horst; Spengler, Hannes - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2000
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005097581
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Development and validation of scientific indicators of the relationship between criminality, social cohesion and economic performance
Entorf, Horst; Spengler, Hannes - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2000
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008614875