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The mapping of crime and delinquency has been around for many years and the idea that delinquency is caused by … to show spatial distributions of delinquency and crime. Istanbul has been a strategically important location, physically … beauties, and wealth of cultural heritage. Istanbul has experienced increasingly high crime rates. This study demonstrates …
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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 …
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It has often been observed that there is substantial spatial variation in criminality, i.e. criminality clusters in neighborhoods. Differences in neighborhood characteristics are one possible reason, social interactions another. In this paper we use detailed data on the residential location of...
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. 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. …
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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 …
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This paper proposes three theoretical mechanisms through which polygyny may be related to social unrest. The mechanisms are related to different dimensions of grievance-inducing and, partly, greed-related inequality, which may occur in polygynous societies. These dimensions include (i) economic,...
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In this study we investigate how both local environment and individual characteristics explain incidence of corruption. More specifically, we explore how city size, and residing in a capital city influence the two aspects of corruption, notably in individuals' contact with officials, and in the...
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