currently discussed factors of crime like demographic changes, youth-unemployment and income inequality. We use a panel of the … deterrence hypothesis for crime against property. Only weak support can be observed for crime against the person. Economic and …

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

We here explore the link between individual concerns about crime and the distribution of income in Germany. We make use … deprivation have statistically-significant effects on reported concerns about crime, while relative satisfaction plays no role. At …

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