Halicioglu, Ferda; Andrés, Antonio R.; Yamamura, Eiji - In: Economic Modelling 29 (2012) 5, pp. 1640-1645
This study aims at identifying the factors of aggregate and disaggregate crime categories in Japan over the period 1964 …–2009. All crime categories are related to police outlays, police numbers, unemployment, divorce and urbanization rates. Bounds …. Cointegration analysis yields that the main deterrent effect on crime is the police presence and this factor is further confirmed by …