Crime is a major impediment to economic growth and development in Nigeria despite measures taken to reduce it. There is …, however, currently no major statistical analysis of how crime affects economic growth in that country. This study examines the … link between crime and growth based on the theory of rational choice and empirical data. Exogenous and endogenous growth …

We provide a critical discussion of the concept drug-related crime and review methods for estimating its volume … 2003-6, combining data from the Arrestee Survey and Offending Crime and Justice Survey to ensure adequate coverage of … the volume of drug-induced acquisitive crime linked to heroin use is high, but there is no significant evidence of violent …

congestion problems. Enforcement of such programs is costly and can potentially displace policing resources used for crime … prevention and crime detection. Hence, driving restrictions may increase crime. To test this hypothesis, this paper exploits both … temporal and spatial variation in the implementation of Quito, Ecuador's Pico y Placa program and evaluates its effect on crime …