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Economic Growth and Crime: Does Uncertainty Matter?

Goulas, Eleftherios; Zervoyianni, Athina - Rimini Centre for Economic Analysis (RCEA) - 2012

This paper contributes to the crime literature by exploring how the crime-uncertainty interaction impacts on economic … growth. Using a panel of 25 countries over the period 1991-2007, we find evidence suggesting that increased crime has an … crime on growth implying that a 10% increase in the crime rate can reduce annual per-capita GDP-growth by between 0.49 and 0 …

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Substance vs. Sideshows in the More Guns, Less Crime Debate: A Comment on Moody, Lott, and Marvell

Aneja, Abhay; III, John J. Donohue; Zhang, Alexandria - In: Econ Journal Watch 10 (2013) 1, pp. 32-39

statistical support for the claim that right-to-carry (RTC) gun laws reduce crime. This paper shows that whether one looks at the …

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Did John Lott Provide Bad Data to the NRC? A Note on Aneja, Donohue, and Zhang

Moody, Carlisle E.; John R. Lott, Jr.; Marvell, Thomas B. - In: Econ Journal Watch 10 (2013) 1, pp. 25-31

In an article titled “The Impact of Right-to-Carry Laws and the NRC Report: Lessons for the Empirical Evaluation of Law and Policy” published in the American Law and Economics Review in 2011, Abhay Aneja, John Donohue III, and Alexandria Zhang report on their inability to replicate...

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Some Criminal Aspects of Domestic Violence

MURESAN, IOAN - In: Curentul Juridic, The Juridical Current, Le Courant … 24-25 (2006) June, pp. 70-86

La famille représente la forme de communauté humaine déterminée du point de vue historique, dont les membres sont unis par des relations de mariage, consanguinité et parenté. Dans un sens plus large, la famille est formée de la totalité des personnes unies par des rapports de parent, de...

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THE CONCEPT OF MATERIAL OBJECT OF THE CRIME IN THE ROMANIAN CRIMINAL DOCTRINE

POPA, Nelu Dorinel - In: Curentul Juridic, The Juridical Current, Le Courant … 42 (2010) September, pp. 118-130

The notion of material object of the crime belongs in the first place to the doctrine and in the second place to the … fragmentation" due to the fact that there were created whole series of categories regarding the object of the crime, such as general … the crime, either committed or omitted. …

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Turning 18: What a Difference Application of Adult Criminal Law Makes

Entorf, Horst - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

This paper contributes to the literature on specific deterrence by addressing the issue of selecting adolescents into adult and juvenile law systems. In Germany, different from the U.S. and most other countries, turning a critical cutoff age does not cause a sharp discontinuity from juvenile to...

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The evolution of the regulations concerning the crime of illegal performing of the abortion

Rotaru, Mihaela - In: Juridical Tribune (Tribuna Juridica) 2 (2012) 2, pp. 109-113

The opportunity of the analysis of how the offense of illegal performing of the abortion was regulated over time in terms of Romanian criminal law lies in the fact that the offense in question is found with another name in the new Criminal Code, whose entry into force is imminent, and in order...

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Competitive pressure and corporate crime

Baumann, Florian; Friehe, Tim - Düsseldorf Institute for Competition Economics (DICE), … - 2013

lower their production costs by illegal means. Our framework combines a Salop circle with a crime model à la Becker … industry (i.e., lower entry costs) reduce the crime rate. Furthermore, whether more intense competition due to the increased …

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Down and Out in Italian Towns: Measuring the Impact of Economic Downturns on Crime

Menon, Carlo; Blasio, Guido de - Spatial Economics Research Centre, LSE - 2013

The paper investigates the effect of local economic conditions on crime. The study focuses on Italy's local labor … markets and analyzes the short-term response of crime to the severe slump of 2007-2009. It shows that the downturn led to a …-worker contractual arrangements) had a role in slowing down the effect of the economy on crime; ii) the link between the downturn and …

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LA CRIMINALITÉ ÉCONOMIQUE ET FINANCIERE FACTEUR DE RISQUE POUR LA SÉCURITÉ NATIONALE

PANTEA, Marius - In: Curentul Juridic, The Juridical Current, Le Courant … 47 (2011) December, pp. 175-184

Financial and economic crime is not just a destructive element for the crimes in themselves but it also influences …

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