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potential relationship is examined in the context of an economics-of-crime model, controlling for various deterrence and … rape rates rather than other violent crime rates. Several studies have discovered a tendency for relatively high alcohol …, unlike other types of violent crime, can suggest the nature of the alcohol-consumption-violence relationship. The empirical …
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This paper analyzes private precautions against crime when the value of the property to be protected is private … information. Within a framework in which potential criminals can choose between various crime opportunities, we establish that …
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environmental regulation. Optimal sanctions for environmental crime are discussed as well as problems arising in case of corporate … environmental crime. The effectiveness of environmental criminal law is generally addressed as well as the consequences of various …
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Several studies provide evidence that heat is positively associated with criminal activity. However, the empirical literature does not provide conclusive evidence about the effect of high temperature on homicides. I examine 156 estimates from 20 studies on the relationship between temperature...
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In economic models of crime individuals respond to changes in the potential value of criminal opportunities. We analyse … this issue by estimating crime-price elasticities from detailed data on criminal incidents in London between 2002 and 2012 … burglary incidents. We first consider a panel of consumer goods covering the majority of market goods stolen in the crime …
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