Sachsida, Adolfo; Mendonça, Mário Jorge Cardoso de - 2014
This article verifies the different effects of legal repression over homicide rates across Brazilian states. We analyze … relation to 100,000 inhabitants) and deterrence (rate of police officers in relation to 100,000 inhabitants). We use both … different police strategies can have different impact over the homicide rate, which contradicts the study of Levitt (2004 …