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Gender, Crime and Terrorism : The Case of Arab/Palestinian Women in Israel

Berko, Anat - 2010

This article compares the background, motivation, pathways and prison experiences of Arab/Palestinian women who were imprisoned for conventional crimes with those who were incarcerated for security-related or terrorism offences. In-depth interviews of the two groups were conducted in the Israeli...

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Jobs, crime and votes : a short-run evaluation of the refugee crisis in Germany

Gehrsitz, Markus; Ungerer, Martin - In: Economica 89 (2022) 355, pp. 592-626

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Gone with the wind : the effect of air pollution on crime : evidence from Germany

Karamik, Yasemin; Graevenitz, Kathrine von - 2022

Recent evidence suggests a positive impact of air pollution on crime in large cities. We provide first evidence on the potential effect of air pollution on criminal activity using a broader set of geographical regions with lower air pollution levels. We use a unique combination of daily crime...

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Does development deter crime against women? : panel evidence from India

Gupta, Suhasini; Sahoo, Pradeep Kumar; Paltasingh, … - In: Journal of business and socio-economic development 2 (2022) 1, pp. 19-33

Purpose This paper investigates the deterrence effect of development on crime against women in India. Specifically, the authors examine the deterrence effect of the composite development index, i.e. Human Development Index (HDI), along with other variables acting as development indicators such...

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This is a Man's World : Crime and Women's Bargaining Power

Hernandez-de-Benito, Maria - 2022

Exposure to community violence is a pervasive development challenge that goes beyond armed conflicts. Millions of … exogenous, and geographically heterogeneous increase in local violence in Mexico and a longitudinal survey of households formed … prior to the crime increase. I first estimate a system of demand equations and find the escalation in violence reallocated …

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The economics of crime: Investigating the drugs-crime channel : empirical evidence from Panel Data of the German States

Entorf, Horst - 2001

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On shoplifting and tax fraud : an action-theoretic analysis of crime

Kroneberg, Clemens; Heintze, Isolde; Mehlkop, Guido - 2008

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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 - 1998

Our study is based on the traditional Becker-Ehrlich deterrence model, but we analyse the model in the face of currently discussed factors of crime like demographic changes, youth-unemployment and income inequality. We use a panel of the German Laender (states) that allows us to exploit...

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The economics of crime: Investigating the drugs-crime channel : empirical evidence from Panel Data of the German States

Entorf, Horst - 2001

The rising trends both in drug addiction and crime rates are of major public concern in Germany. Surprisingly, the economic theory of crime seems to ignore the drugs-crime nexus, whereas the criminological literature considers illicit drug use a main reason of criminal activities. This paper...

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A Statistical Analysis of Crime Against Foreigners in Unified Germany

Krueger, Alan B.; Pischke, Jörn-Steffen - 2021

Germany has experienced a high and rising rate of anti-foreigner violence during the early 1990s. To analyze the … based on newspaper reports. We find significant differences in the patterns of violence in the eastern and western parts of …

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