Research that investigate the extent of labor market prospects on crime rates focus on conditions in a region and crime … labor market in a region may attract non-residents, either professional criminals who travel only to commit crime or … individuals who migrate hoping to find a job and failing to do so may inclined to commit crime. Indeed, using regional data from …

Becker (1968) and Stigler (1970) provide the germinal works for an economic analysis of crime. The approach they … outlined has been utilised to consider the response of crime rates to a range of economic, criminal and socioeconomic factors … observed pattern of crime. This paper builds on a recent publication in the literature (McIntyre & Lacombe 2012), and using the …

areas through elements of poverty and crime. As such, the degradation process is rendered visible on the basis of social … of the squatters as the origins of poverty and crime will be rendered debatable within the perspective of urban … that this area has been attracting attention for years due to its increasing poverty and crime rates, brought about urban …

There is a long-held belief that inequality is a major determinant of violent crime, particularly homicides. Some … inequality. This study addresses the issue of measurement error in inequality by using the relationship between migration and … inequality. Using rainfall shocks and changes in transport costs as exogenous sources of out-migration from rural areas in Brazil …

This paper explores the determinants of crime victimization at the neighborhood level, using data from the French … economics of crime literature is then twofold. First, I show that neighborhood characteristics are important determinants of … crime victimization. In particular, local unemployment rate is found to be one of the most important factor explaining …

more likely to accept using violence for achieving political goals, consistent with the economic model of crime. We also …

Illegal activities harm individuals and society as a whole. Besides the physical harm and immediate wealth loss, crime … evidence that the surge of crime rates in Mexico contributed to higher incidence of major depressive disorder in the population …. Focusing on Mexico allows us to analyse how a sudden, arguable exogenous shock on overall crime rates in the 2000s, namely the …

. Second, the use of cash in crime, here especially in corruption, is also econometrically investigated. The influence is … about organized crime are also shown; the importance of cash is diminishing. Third, some remarks about terrorism are made … a minor influence on the shadow economy, crime and terrorism, but potentially a major influence on civil liberties. …