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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of unemployment on various types of crime in Greece … analysis, and an impulse response analysis are used to explore the nexus between unemployment and 14 different types of crime … primarily motivated and driven by economic gain, a policy implication is that crime thwarting policies need to be complemented …
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to critique recent findings that democratic practices are positively related to homicide rates. Design/methodology/approach – Economic rational choice model supported by empirical evidence. Findings – It was found that higher homicide rates are only...
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to critique recent findings that democratic practices are positively related to homicide rates. Design/methodology/approach – Economic rational choice model supported by empirical evidence. Findings – It was found that higher homicide rates are only...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010686108
a crime in several countries. This begs the question, if persons are fully informed that digital file sharing is a crime …
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fixed effects to the panel data. Practical implications The main Brazilian political parties diverge on the causes of crime … each political party. Political parties have the potential capacity of changing crime trends through economic and social … policies as well as by applying stronger sanctions against crime. Given the law enforcement system, the cycle of crime in …
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property crime victimization. Design/methodology/approach – A state preference model of crime is employed using victimization … likelihood of repeat victimization is highly significant. The most likely victims of property crime in Mexico do not live in … level of social exposure. Research limitations/implications – Further research is needed that considers other types of crime …
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to relate the quality of governance with crime in Malaysia. The study also … identifies the best good governance tool to fight against crime in Malaysia. Design/methodology/approach – The study uses time …-series data on crime rates and six measures of governance: voice and accountability, political stability, government effectiveness …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014807338
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the extent to which the practice of using personal networks to obtain goods and services or to circumvent formal procedures, known as blat in the Soviet era, persists in post-Soviet societies and whether its character has altered....
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the interaction of enforcement and adjudication for general deterrence of drunk-driving. The authors present a triangular feedback model between three domains: police, courts and drunk-driving events. The authors’ deductive approach imposes no...
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investigating the role of the economy with crime, as well as the sensitivity of those results. Design … Cantor and Land’s (1985) model of unemployment and crime. The authors are also able to show the importance of considering …
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