This working paper studies the effect of remittances from the United States on crime rates in Mexico. The topic is …

In the face of rising crime rates and increasingly complex transnational and local criminal dynamics, Belize's limited …-scale crime prevention initiatives, a comprehensive crime prevention strategy requires more significant institutional reforms …. This Technical Note reviews the current trends in crime and violence in Belize and the government's existing policies and …

document outlines crime and violence as major roadblocks to development in the Caribbean; citing statistics and providing …

What determines the feeling of insecurity with respect to crime and what can be done about it? This study proposes and … tests a correlational model that combines different theoretical determinants of insecurity and the fear of crime. The test …

Crime has tangible economic costs. It also has less understood and likely sizable intangible costs. In particular …, widespread crime has the potential to weaken trust between citizens and institutions, undermine government reform efforts, and … become an obstacle to development. Yet, the impact of crime on trust remains relatively unexplored in the literature. This …

distribution to social indicators, democratic benchmarks and crime.Abstract: Este informe trasciende el alcance de la economía …

Gains from government crime-reducing programs are not always visible to the average citizen. The media overexpose crime … events, but the absence of crime rarely makes the news, increasing the risk that citizen may have inaccurate perceptions of … objective crime trends could have on such perceptions. The results show that information improves perceptions of safety and …